Christine Lee "Tinky" Tift

Christine Lee "Tinky" Tift -MACON - Christine Lee "Tinky" Tift, beloved wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, and great-grandmother, died at her residence on Thursday, January 18, 2007. She was 89. Funeral services will be held at First Baptist Church, Saturday, January 20, 2007, at Noon. -Tinky was born in Macon, Georgia, on September 23, 1917. She was the daughter of William Green Lee and Christine Cole Lee, and granddaughter of Walter Washington Lee II and Mollie Elizabeth Farmer Lee of Wilkinson County, Georgia, and Madison Filmore Cole and May Stewart Cole of Newnan, GA. -Tinky grew up in Macon and attended Miller High School. She went to Shorter College for one year, and then finished her college education at Goucher College, in Baltimore, MD. On June 5, 1940, she married Henry Harding Tift, III of Tifton, GA. They lived in New Orleans, LA, Philadelphia, PA, Montgomery, AL, and Nashville, TN, before moving to Macon in 1947. She was a lifetime member of First Baptist Church, where she taught children's Sunday School and Vacation Bible School for decades. She was active in the Junior League of Macon and the Bibb County Medical Society Auxiliary. She was an avid reader and talented bridge and Scrabble player, but her primary interest was in the raising and support of her four sons and their families. -Mrs. Tift was predeceased by her husband of 64 years. She is survived by sons and daughters-in-law, William Lee Tift and Sherry Tift, Jerome Pound Tift and Carol Tift, Thomas Nelson Tift and Jana Tift; daughter-in-law Ann Tift; grandchildren, Jeanne Tift, Kippy Tift, Maysie Tift, Hal Tift, Lori Tift Palmer, Toby Tift, William Lee Perkins Tift, Jay Tift, Scott Tift, Frank Tift, Madison Tift, and Nelson Tift; and six great-grandchildren. Oldest son Henry Harding Tift, IV, preceded her in death. -In lieu of flowers, it is requested that donations be made in memory of Mrs. Tift to the Museum of Arts and Sciences, the Henry Harding Tift, IV Scholarship Fund at Stratford Academy, or the charity of the giver's choice. The family can be contacted at the home of Bill and Sherry Tift, 3205 Vista Circle. -Hart's Mortuary has charge of arrangements. Christine Tift