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- Arthur "Junior" Winters, 77, died Sunday, November 20, 2005, at Roan Highlands Nursing Center, Roan Mountain, following an extended illness.
Mr. Winters was a lifelong resident of Carter County where he was the eldest son of the late Clyde and Reatha Dugger Winters Jones. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Jerry Winters, a sister, Judy W. Nidiffer, and a brother, Fred Winters.
Mr. Winters was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Roan Mountain and was loved by all who knew him.
Survivors include two daughters and a son-in-law, Geraldine Winters and Joyce and J.G. Hughes, all of Roan Mountain; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; four sisters and brothers-in-law, Goldie and Millard Jones, Roan Mountain, Edith and Glenwood Arrington, Martinsville, Va., Dimple and Larry Varney, Frankfort, Ky., and Elizabeth and W. Lock Davis, Naho, N.C.; and a brother and sister-in-law, Ralph and Betty Winters, Roan Mountain. Many nieces and nephews also survive.
The funeral service for Mr. Winters will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday, November 23, in the Rhododendron Chapel of Tetrick Funeral Home, Roan Mountain, with Rev. Charlie McKinney and Mr. Gerald Holly, minister, officiating. Music will be under the direction of Laura Freire, Patsy Haywood and Gloria Holly. Interment will follow in the Johnson-Roanview Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be selected from family and friends. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. David Kimmel, Dr. Alfred Earwood, the staff of Roan Highlands Nursing Center and Adventa Hospice.
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