Mama Dies
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October 22, 1929 thru January 7, 2001.
Proverbs 33:31 “Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own
works praise her in the gates.”
Mama was tired, her body was frail, and her spirit was broken. She had
fought a good fight, but the battle scars were too many. She was 71
years old and weighed 71 pounds. As I briefly touch on some of the
events in her life, you will understand her desires to go home to
rest.
Mama and her twin sister were born October 22, 1929. Her parents,
Archie and Ruth Gill Winn, named them Mary and Mildred. Aunt Mildred
was tall and thin, and Mama was shorter and had more meat on her
bones. They grew up in South Georgia with six other siblings. Uncle
Jasper was killed in World War II so I never knew him. Her two other
brothers and three other sisters were all kind and humble people. One
thing about Mama’s family was the love they had one for the other.
Materially they were not rich, but the good Lord had richly blessed
them in the things that money can’t buy. As I write this, I can
remember growing up as a child and later during my adulthood of being
around all those aunts, uncles, cousins and of course grandpa and
granny. Mama passed on this value of family to me and my four sisters.
Grandpa Winn died on November 17, 1963 just a few days before
President Kennedy was killed. Granny died May 20, 1986. One by one
their children followed them in death. As I write this today, May 25,
2003, only Mama’s twin, Aunt Mildred, and her baby sister, Aunt Ida
Mae Walker, are still living.
Mama and Daddy married young. Daddy had served in the Pacific in the
later part of World War II and as most young men of those days was
happy to get back home and marry his sweetheart. My oldest sister was
born in 1948, followed by next sister in 1949, then me in 1952, my
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