Appleberry, Tinikia Lashelle

  • Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Tinikia Appleberry
Tinikia Appleberry

Tinikia LaShella Appleberry, 46, of Chattanooga, passed away on Saturday, April 20, 2019, in a local hospital.  

She was a member of John Mark Missionary Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her father, David Stewart; grandparents, Laura Watkins and Boneva Stewart.

Survivors include her husband of 13 years, Tracey Lamar Appleberry, Sr.; sons, LaPasley Bates, Antonio Bates, and Diamond Bates; daughter, Miracle Bates; one grandchild, all of Chattanooga; mother, Earline Bates of Hillsboro, Al.; brothers, Gregory (Marcey) Belue, Larry (Trice) Smith, and French Moore, all of Chattanooga; sisters, Angela Belue of Chattanooga and Candice Broom of Knoxville; a host of other relatives and friends.

She will lie in state on Thursday, April 25, after 12:30 p.m. at Taylor Funeral Home.

Funeral services will be on Friday, April 26, at 1 p.m. in the chapel with Pastor Robert Williams as the eulogist.  

Burial will be in Lakewood Memory Gardens, East.

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