Tinie went to college for two years, then began teaching at Beulah 
Elementery School while boarding in the home of her best friend from school.  It was at this time that her friend pointed out the man, who had a garage across the road from Beulah School.  She told Tinie that she would probably ‘date him’ because he dated all the school teachers.  Tinie’s exact words were, “This is one teacher that he won’t date!”  Of course, she married this man, James Gasaway Stansell, about three years later. 

They moved into a small weather-boarded, log house on the Stansell property in Cobb County, about a mile from the Douglas County line. 
Tinie put her teaching career aside to stay at home, be a housewife, plant a yard full of beautiful flowers, and have a family of four children… three girls, Marga Nelle, Gloria, Donna, and then finally a boy, “Jimmy” J. G., Jr. 

Gasaway was very ill with asthema, a condition he’d suffered with since he was thirteen years old.   He farmed and was very good at carpenter work.  He made much of their furniture, but more frequently did the mechanical work on automobiles that people would bring to their home.

When Jimmy was one and a half  years old, Tinie went back to her teaching career at Beulah Elementery School.  She also took college classes during the summer, which increased her income.

Gasaway eventually was unable to work regularly because of his very bad asthematic condition.

Marga Nelle married at age sixteen, and about five years later, at age fifty, Gasaway died  from cancer.  Tinie moved  to Lithia Springs with the other three children and began teaching school at Annette Winn Elementery School.  She continued to attend college classes during the summers, and at age fifty four, graduated with a bachelor’s degree.  All four of her grown children and their spouses attended the graduation.  Tinie was also a member of the Alpha Delta Kappa sorority.

After Jimmy married and moved to his own home, Tinie was invited to move in with Donna and her family, which she gladly did, never having been alone before.  She continued to teach school at Annette Winn Elementery until her retirement. 

Living with Donna and her family, Tinie helped with the cooking, housekeeping and baby sitting Donna’s three children while Donna and her husband worked.  Tinie still remained very active in church, the sorority and  other functions with the retired teachers. 

Tinie’s memory began failing when she was in her late 80’s. She lost her ability to walk, without help, at age 95.  She was very content, still living very comfortably with daughter Donna, who took excellent loving care of her.  She was often visited by other family members, even though she didn’t recognize them, but was always very happy to have company.  She was the grandmother of twelve children, the great-grandmother of twenty three, and great-great-grandmother of 3.

A couple of weeks after her 96th birthday, she seemed very tired, and refused to get out of bed.  About three weeks later, she peacefully passed into her eternal life.  Almost fifty years to the day, Tinie and Gasaway are together again.