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Submitted: 12/22/10 • Approved: 12/22/10 • Last Updated: 8/26/12 • R431979-G431728-S3
Joseph:
Born: July 25, 1910
Died: June 26, 2004
Blanche:
Born: June 27, 1917
Died: October 30, 2007
Joseph W. Winters
July 25, 1910 - June 26, 2004
Mr. Winters died Saturday, June 26, 2004 at Care Manor Nursing Home. He was 93. He was born July 25, 1910, at Dresdon, Tennessee, to Willie Thomas and Thomas W. McClain Winters. He married Blanche Aline Nelson on December 27, 1934 at Jonesboro, Arkansas. He was a Cabinet Maker and Building Contractor for Los Angeles Housing. Mr. Winters had lived in Mountain Home for 37 years, moving from California. He was a Deacon of First Assembly of God Church, and loved to sing in the Choir, he also enjoyed gardening and trout fishing.
Survivors: He is survived by wife, Blanche, 2 daughters, Barbara G. Winters-LaPort of West Plains, Missouri, and Alma Jean OÂ’Briant of Searcy, Arkansas, 3 sisters, Lola Lary of Jonesboro, Arkansas, Joan Hopkins of Jonesboro, and Lottie E. Heath of California, 7 Grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
Preceded in Death by: He was preceded in death by his parents, 1 brother, Charles O. Winters, and 3 sisters, Carrie Hopkins, Willie L. Downs, and Alma B. Brown.
Blance Aline Winters
October 30, 2007
Blanche Winters died Tuesday, October 30, 2007 in Mountain Home. She was 90. Blanche Winters was born Wednesday, June 27, 1917 in Augusta, Arkansas, The daughter of Frank Nelson and Ethel Payne. She married Joseph Winters on December 27, 1934 at Jonesboro, Arkansas. She worked as a homemaker/nanny and lived in Mountain Home for 41 years moving from Long Beach, California. She was very active in the Ladies Mission Group at First Assembly of God Church, loved to needle point and entertain family and friends. She had a deep love for her family, the children she babysat for and her church work.
Survivors: her daughter, Barbara (Herbert) Winters-LaPort of West Plains, MO, 6 grandchildren and her sister, Margaret Peobles of Little Rock, AR.
Preceded in Death by: her parents, husband, Joseph Winters, 1 daughter, Alma Jean O'Briant, 2 brothers and 2 sisters.
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