Justin Wayne Tinker

December 9, 1994 - February 6, 2018

Memorial service will be held at 4 PM, Sunday, February 11, 2018, at Village Chapel for Justin Wayne Tinker, 23, Gadsden who died Tuesday, February 6, 2018. Pastor Joey Hanner will officiate. Village Chapel Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of arrangements. Justin was a faithful Christian and member of Union 3 Baptist Church in Ball Play, and loved serving in missions every year at The Taunton Family Children’s Home in Florida. He was a senior at Jacksonville State University, and his plans were to attend graduate school at Auburn University. He tutored other students while in high school, and continued to do so in college. He was very intelligent and a great knack for music and art, being a talented drawer and able to pick up any instrument and be able to play it within minutes. To know him was to love him. He was very kind-hearted and generous to anyone he met, and had a great love for all animals. He was preceded in death by his grandfathers, Jerry Ferrell, Tom Tinker, and Brad Mintz; and uncle, John Tinker. He is survived by his parents, Elizabeth (Gary) Young and Gerald (Sonya) Tinker; siblings, Dylan Tinker, Tristan Tinker, and Christopher Tinker; grandparents, Lottie Ferrell, Loretta Mintz, Maezell Snow and Darla Snow; a host of aunts, uncles, and cousins; special friend, Megan Wyrick; close friends, James Hargrove, Zack Franklin, Kyle Estes, Michael Satterfield, Austin Whisenant, Cameron Freeman, Bethany Cambell, Brandon Henson, and Jake Bryson; a variety of D&D friends; and the Gaston High School class of 2013. Flowers will be accepted, or donations may be made to the Taunton Family Children’s Home in Florida. Special thanks to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Squad, and also the staff of Anniston RMC. A candle light vigil will also be held at 5 PM Monday at Jacksonville State University.