Ernie Tonkin, 79, Clarksville, died Wednesday, June 16, 2010, at Gateway Medical Center. A celebration of life service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday at Grace Lutheran Church with Rev. Larry Peters and Rev. Dr. William Childress officiating. Burial will be in Flint Memorial Cemetery, Michigan. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home and from 10 a.m. until the time of the service Saturday at the church. Neal-Tarpley-Parchman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. He was born November 3, 1930 in Flint, Michigan son of the late Bert Tonkin and Clara Powell Tonkin. He was preceded in death by his son Raymond B. Tonkin. He was a member of Grace Lutheran Church and retired from Fisher Body I in Flint. He was a US Army Veteran and served during the Korean Conflict. Survivors include his wife, Lorna Tonkin; three daughters, Carlla Poe, Flint, Michigan; Wilma "Wendy" Livington (Phil), Kelley Callender (Stan), and daughter-in-law, Maria Tonkin, all of Clarksville; fourteen grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to Grace Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, 2041 Madison Street, Clarksville, TN 37043. Arrangements entrusted to Neal-Tarpley-Parchman Funeral Home, 1510 Madison Street, Clarksville, TN 37040. Online condolences may be made at www.neal-tarpley.com.