Winter, Charles Garrett

Passed: 1975-03-19

Age: 65

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Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1975-03-27

Information: Charles Garrett Winter, 65, of 110 Grand Central Ave., Ripley, died last Wednesday afternoon after being crushed by a core drilling rig at Ranger.  His clothes became entangled in the rig causing the accident.  Coroner Sam Koontz said death was instantaneous. He was born Jan. 4, 1910, at Ripley, son of Minnie Bell Smith Winter of Charleston and the late Charles M. Winter.  He was employed by the State Highway Dept. and was a member of Ripley Baptist Temple. Survivors include his wife, Mary King Winter; three brothers, Wesley of Akron, Ohio, Arthur of Belle, and Robert of Charleston and one sister, Josephine Winter of Charleston. Services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Ripley Baptist Temple, with the Rev. D. C. Guthrie and the Rev. Orlan Reynolds and the Rev. Charles Crummey officiating.  Burial ws in the Fairview Cemetery near Fairplain.  Casto Funeral Home, Evans, was in charge of arrangements.