Born in Wilmington, NC she was a daughter of the late Clyde and Earline Neal Tinsley. She was a member of Bethlehem Union Church. She had worked at Riegel Textile Co. and later for Chiquola Mfg. Co. She was a graduate of Ware Shoals High School.

Surviving are a son, Alford Benton “Ben” Free, Jr. (Jennifer) of Ware Shoals, a daughter, Dollie Hodges (Riegel) of Waterloo, two sisters, Daphane Booker of Anderson and Crystal Higgins of Shoals Junction, a special cousin James Canady of Wilmington, NC, seven grandchildren, Elizabeth, Ben, William, Vetta, Phillip, Makenzie, and Ally, and seventeen great-grandchildren, Josh, Mason, Gabriel, London, Tinsley, Tara, Jenna, Taylor, Lane, Morgan, Gavin, Emersyn, Landon, Benton, Thomas, and Riley.

Funeral services will be held at 2 PM on Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at Parker-White Funeral Home Chapel, Ware Shoals with Rev. Mark Lowe officiating. Burial will follow in Greenwood Memorial Gardens, Hodges.

The family will be at the home and will receive friends from 1 to 2 PM on Wednesday at Parker-White Funeral Home prior to the service. In leiu of flowers donations should be made to Gethsemane Church, 104 Burnt Bridge Road, Ware Shoals, SC 29692. Online condolences may be made at www.ParkerWhitePruitt.com