Thelma Hall Winters

Thelma Hall Winters, 85, of Sylvester passed away Saturday, August 8, 2009. Funeral services honoring the life of Mrs. Winters will be conducted at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at East Albany Church of God with interment to follow in the Providence Primitive Baptist Churchnbsp;Cemetery in Worth County. Reverend Jesse Ogden, Reverend Dewain Joiner, Reverend Ron Parrish and Dr. Clifton Elmore will officiate. Mrs. Winters was born on March 7, 1924 in Turner County to the late Shelvy Hall and the late Mary Ethel Champion Hall.nbsp; She is preceded in death by husband, Charles Lee Winters. Mrs. Winters was retired from Coats and Clarks, worked for Bobs Candy Company and was a member of Sassy Seniors of Sylvester, T.O.P.S., past member of the Moose Lodge of Albany.nbsp; She was a member of East Albany Church of God where she served as Church Secretary, Sunday School Secretary, Sunday School Teacher and Vice President of the Ladies Ministries. Survivors include her children and their spouses, Ronald K. and Phyllis Powell of Sylvester, Donald K. and Terrie Powell of Sylvester, Reverend Thomas L. and Jessica Powell of Griffin, Tammy and Jon Free of Baconton; 8 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; brother-in-law, Albert Wrobel of Anchorage, Alaska; several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friendsnbsp;Wednesday, August 11, 2009 from 7-9 p.m. at Hall and Hall Funeral Home. The family will be at 759 Fowler Rd. Sylvester, GA 31791.