The Virginian-Pilot, Wednesday, May 30, 1979

Portsmouth – Mrs. Donna Tilley Carlisle, 38, of 3512 Doerr Road, the wife of Douglas Lamar Carlisle and a native of Portsmouth, died Tuesday in a hospital.

She was a daughter of Mrs. Evelyn Cain. She was retired Civil Service secretary for the Coast Guard. She was a member of The Alliance Church.

Other survivors include two sons, Troy M. Anselmo and Keith D. Anselmo of Portsmouth; two sisters, Mrs. Lynn Waff of Inman, S.C., and Mrs. Edie Kleinschmidt of Little Falls, Minn.; and a brothers, Michael E. Tilley of Suffolk.

A funeral will be held Friday at 3 p.m. in The Alliance Church by the Revs. Earl W. Freeland and Glenn Lewis. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. The family will be at Loving & Gay Funeral Home, Churchland, Thursday night from 7 to 9.