She was a wonderful mother who sacrificed so much for her children, Richard Tignor (Regina), Anita Turner (Billy), Donna Smith (Keith) and Jonathan Tignor. She and our father were determined they would raise their children in a Christian household. When the church doors were opened, the Tignor family was present in the pews.
Our mother was a loving grandmother to eight grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren. She loved her home of sixty-two years and the many cherished memories that our family shared while living there. Her pets were beloved.
Other family members our mother is now reunited with in the Kingdom of Heaven are her husband, Billy Tignor, her parents, Howard and Joddie Kernodle, and her sister, Vaughn Nell Coughlin. We are comforted knowing our mother is among the Angels, but we will miss her presence everyday while we are apart. Enjoy God's promised rewards, momma!
Family and friends will gather on Friday, May 10 from 11:30 a.m. until funeral services begin at 12:30 p.m. in the Memphis Suite of Memphis Funeral Home, 5599 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38119. Staff Celebrant Jonathan Matthews will lead the service and burial will be in the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery.
Online condolences, floral tributes and directions may be found through www.memphisfuneralhome.net.
