Sympathy Saturday will be where I share the obituaries and my condolences for members of my family tree who passed recently. When you get to be a certain age, you begin to read the obituaries every day. As the days go by, you read about more and more of your friends and family members who have died. You compare their age to your own and get a jolt. "That could have been me."
For genealogists, checking obituaries and visiting cemeteries is as normal as breathing. I learn so much from an obituary, i.e., maiden names, parents' names; children's' and grandchildren's' names, funeral and burial locations, sometimes even a cause of death. I want to learn these things not for any purpose but to put it on the family tree for future generations to see and learn about the family that went before them. I admit, most of these relatives I have never met, but I think it is important to share that they were here on this Earth, and they were important.
So I am signed up with at least three funerals homes from Swainsboro, Vidalia, and Wrightsville to get daily notices of obituaries sent to my email. Every day, I peruse them and with the help of the family tree, figure out who is related to me and add any new information to the tree. Some weeks there are several, and some weeks there are none. We have one this week
Please join me in offering condolences to her family and holding them in the light.
Apr 14, 1943 - Sep 28, 2026
Funeral services for Nancy “Darling” Powell Winfrey, age 83, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, October 1, 2026, at Kite First Baptist Church with burial to follow in Kite City Cemetery. Rev. Burton Dixon and Rev. Sammy Hall will officiate.
Mrs. Winfrey was born on April 14, 1943, in Wrightsville, Georgia. She was a retired supervisor with Easter Seals. She was a member of Kite First Baptist Church, where she served as secretary, and was a member of the Kite Homemakers Club. Her greatest love was her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, John Ezra Powell and Frances Logue Powell; siblings, Wilson Powell, William Powell, J.B. Powell, Russell Powell, W.S. Powell and Sally Pullen. Mrs. Winfrey passed away on Monday, September 28, 2026, at Fairview Park Hospital.
She is survived by her loving husband of 65 years, Harry Winfrey of Wrightsville; daughter, Wendy Powell (Rex) of Wrightsville; son, Jeff Winfrey (Cheryl) of Wrightsville; 4 grandchildren, Mandy Berry (Sean) of Brooklet, Krystal Tanner (Toby), Brandi Rowland (John Allen) and Jason Winfrey (Samantha) all of Wrightsville; 6 great grandchildren, Knox Tanner, Piper Tanner, Brooklyn Taylor, Rhett Rowland, Blakelee Rowland and Waylon Thompson; and a special nephew, Burnon Powell.
Pallbearers will be Jason Winfrey, John Allen Rowland, Toby Tanner, Sean Berry, Keith Powell, Ken Powell and Dale Powell.
The family will receive friends from 10:00 A.M. to 10:45 A.M. on Thursday at the church.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Kite First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 31 Kite, GA 31049.
Stanley Funeral Homes and Crematory/Wrightsville Chapel has charge of the funeral arrangements.
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