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Submitted: 10/26/12 • Approved: 10/27/12 • Last Updated: 10/31/12 • R772226-G772224-S3
John - Sept 23, 1908 - Aug 15, 1991
Nellie - July 22, 1909 - Apr 9, 2008
Married Nov 24, 1929
Obituary
The Arkansas Leader
4/12/2008
Nellie Marie (Melton) Winingar, 98, of Beebe, passed away April 9. Nellie was the oldest of nine children and the only daughter.
She mothered her eight brothers and kept mothering her entire life. She was a great prayer warrior and left her family a legacy of faith. Her greatest joy in life was her Savior Jesus Christ and her family.
She is survived by her three sons, Johnny and wife Ruth Winingar, of Imperial, Mo.; Pastor Glenn and wife Joyce Winingar of Little Rock; Larry and wife Carla Winingar of St. James, Mo.; one daugther, Joyce and husband Pastor Jim Ballew of Lonoke; two brothers Johnny Winingar of Valrico, Fla.; and R.D. and wife Tommie Melton of Imperial, Mo; 14 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren and six great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, John Arthur Winingar; two daughters, Lavada Winingar and Lavida Miller, and six siblings, Fred, Leslie, Frank, Leroy, Edward and Lewis Melton.
The funeral was April 11 at Beebe First Assembly of God with burial in Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens in Beebe. Memorials may be made in Nellie’s name to Feed the Children, www.feedthechildren.org.
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