Winnie Preston

WE REGRET TO ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF MRS. WINNIE PRESTON, AGE 88, OF DONALSONVILLE, GA WHO PASSED AWAY SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 2006 AT THE DONALSONVILLE HOSPITAL. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS. PRESTON WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 10, 2006 AT 10:00 AM AT CORINTH FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH IN IRON CITY, GA WITH THE REV. TALMADGE WORSLEY AND REV. HARVEY HENDERSON OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW IN THE CHURCH CEMETERY. VISITATION WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, FROM 6:00-8:00 PM AT THE CHAPEL OF EVANS-SKIPPER FUNERAL HOME. YOU MAY SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH THE FAMILY BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.EVANSSKIPPERFH.COM. MRS. PRESTON WAS BORN IN DALE CO., AL ON DEC. 26, 1917 TO THE LATE FRANK AND JOSIE MITCHELL DIXON. SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER AND A MEMBER OF CORINTH FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH. MRS. PRESTON WAS MARRIED TO THE LATE ROBERT PRESTON WHO PRECEDED HER IN DEATH IN 1998. MRS. PRESTON LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORY, TWO SONS, JAMES "JIMMY" JONES AND HIS WIFE KATRINA OF DONALSONVILLE, GA AND DAVIS PRESTON AND HIS WIFE LINDA OF CRESTVIEW, FL; THREE DAUGHTERS, MARDELL STEFFEN AND HER HUSBAND EARL OF WESTON, FL, HELEN WIGGINS AND HER HUSBAND RALPH OF DONALSONVILLE, GA, RACHEL CLAYTON AND HER HUSBAND AL OF PENSACOLA, FL; 15 GRANDCHILDREN AND 29 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY A BROTHER-IN-LAW, EUGENE JONES OF MIDLAND CITY, AL AND A SISTER-IN-LAW AND BROTHER-IN-LAW, INA MAE AND JOHN BEVERETT OF MIDLAND CITY, AL. PALLBEARERS WILL BE SCOTT STEFFEN, STAN CLAYTON, KELLY HORTON, ROBERT BULLOCK, BUSTER AUSLEY, AND LAJOY HAGLER. FLOWERS WILL BE ACCEPTED OR MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE TO WIREGRASS HOSPICE 432 EAST SHOTWELL STREET BAINBRIDGE, GA 39817. EVANS-SKIPPER FUNERAL HOME HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH THE ARRANGEMENTS.