Tonya Lynn Winnett Sliger

July 30, 1971-Jan. 3, 2023

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Tonya Lynn Winnett Sliger, 51, of Sparta passed away Jan. 3, 2023, at Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital, in Sparta.

Tonya was born July 30, 1971, in Frankfort, Indiana.

She was a former employee of Tutco, Aphena, and US Bank. Tonya was a longtime active member of Pistole Baptist Church. She enjoyed reading and listening to music, but her absolute joy in life was spending time with her family. Playing games together brought her the most happiness, whether it was cards, board games, or Playstation. If she was not playing a game, she was watching a sporting event on television, cheering on the Big Orange in college, the Braves in baseball, and the Titans and Forty-Niners in the NFL.

Tonya was preceded in death by her mother, Effie Marie Young Winnett; her beloved mother-in-law, Betty Sliger Graham; and her two fathers-in-law, Sam B. Sliger and Oscar Keith Graham.

Survivors include her husband of 31 years, Jeff Sliger; two sons, Trevor Sliger, Trey Sliger; six sisters, Daisy Mae Luna, Tammy (Shawn) Leftwich, Sandra (Phillip) Geer, Gloria Geer, Jeanette Caldwell, Brenda Caldwell; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral service was 2 p.m., Jan. 8, 2023, at Hunter Funeral Home, with burial in Elrod Cemetery. Clint Walker and Harlen Simmons officiated.

Shawn Leftwich, Christopher Hickey Jr., Chris Williams, Britton Smith, Brett Alan Luna, David Luna, Zach Sewell, and Adam Zimmerman served as pallbearers.

Honorary pallbearers were Phillip Geer Sr. and Phillip Geer Jr.

Memorial donations may be made to Elrod Cemetery, in care of Hunter Funeral Home, P.O. Box 90, Sparta, Tennessee 38583

Hunter Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.