MRS. BESSIE WEAVER WINSTEAD, 47, DIED FRIDAY AT WILSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
A NASH COUNRY NATIVE, SHE WAS DAUGHTER OF THE LATE WILLIAM D. AND BETTY LANGLEY WEAVER. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE GRACE MEMORIAL CHURCH AND WAS A RT. 1, ROCKY MOUNT RESIDENT. SHE WAS FORMERLY EMPLOYED BY CAROLINA OVERALL COMPANY.
SURVIVING ARE HER HUSBAND, ROBERT WINSTEAD OF THE HOME; A SISTER, MRS. OTHO WINSTEAD OF RT. 1, ROCKY MOUNT; TWO HALF-SISTERS, MRS. ESTELLE PARKER OF ROCKY MOUNT AND MRS. MAGGIE WALTON OF RALEIGH; FIVE BROTHERS, LONNIE AND DAVID WEAVER OF RT. 1, ROCKY MOUNT, BOBBY LEE AND JOHN E. WEAVER, BOTH OF ROCKY MOUNT, AND REV. PAUL WEAVER OF COLERAIN.
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 2PM SUNDAY AT JOHNSON FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL WITH THE REV. ROBERT DURHAM IN CHARGE. BURIAL WILL BE IN ROCKY MOUNT MEMORIAL PARK.
FRIENDS MAY CALL AT THE HOME OF MRS. OTHO WINSTEAD OF RT. 1, ROCKY MOUNT.
PALLBEARERS WILL BE OTHO WINSTEAD JR., MERLE MESSER, BILL JOYNER, PURVIS PARKER, NERESON COOPER AND JAMES COOLEY.