Calvin Wood Winstead

CALVIN WOOD WINSTEAD, AGE 82, WENT TO BE WITH THE LORD THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2015. BORN IN NASH COUNTY, NC ON DECEMBER 21, 1932, HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE VAN BUREN AND MARY DOVIE JOYNER WINSTEAD. HE CHERISHED HIS LATE WIFE ROSA WINSTEAD, WITH WHOM HE SHARED A LOVING MARRIAGE OF 46 YEARS. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS BROTHERS, JAMES, RACHEL, RANDOLPH, AND JOHN DEMPSEY (JD) WINSTEAD.
LEFT TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY ARE HIS DAUGHTER JANET W. HODGE AND HUSBAND GORDON OF ROCKY MOUNT; SON GARY WOODROW WINSTEAD OF THE HOME; STEP-DAUGHTER, PATRICIA JONES AND HUSBAND CLAUFE OF WASHINGTON, NC; STEP-SON ALVIN ASBY AND WIFE MARTHA OF BATTLEBORO; SISTERS, ETHEL MAE JOYNER, EDNA EVANS AND BROTHER GRADY WINSTEAD, ALONG WITH 10 GRANDCHILDREN, 13 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
A SERVICE TO CELEBRATE HIS LIFE WILL BE HELD AT OAKDALE BAPTIST CHURCH ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2015 AT 2PM, WITH CALVIN’S SON-IN-LAW GORDON HODGE, THE REV. DON CAUSEY AND THE REV. HOWARD KENDRICK OFFICIATING. VISITATION WILL PRECEDE THE SERVICE IN THE CHURCH FROM 1-2PM BURIAL WILL FOLLOW THE SERVICE AT ROCKY MOUNT MEMORIAL PARK.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIAL CONTRICUTIONS MAY BE GIVEN TO OAKDALE BAPTIST CHURCH, 13037 US 64 ALT, WEST HWY. ROCKY MOUNT, NC 27801.
ARRANGEMENTS BY HERITAGE OAKS FUNERAL & CREMATION SERVICE, 3240 ZEBULON RD, ROCKY MOUNT, NC 27804.