Winter, Isabell Jane Barnett

Passed: 2006-08-31

Age: 78

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 2006-09-05

Information: RIPLEY - Isabell Jane Barnett Winter, 78, of Ripley, passed away Thursday, August 31, 2006, at her home surrounded by her family.  She was born December 7, 1928, at Rockcastle, a daughter of the late Arch and Marvella Barnett.  She attended Jackson County schools.  She married Darr J. Winter on July 17, 1947, and raised seven children on the family dairy farm on Grasslick Road.  She worked hard on a wringer washer and hundreds of chores that farm work requires.  She also tended to her brothers in her youth and later to those who came to the farm to live.  As a member of the United Garment Workers of America Local 507, she worked at the Ripley Sportswear Garment Factory at Silverton for 16 years.  She was a true and valued friend to her neighbors.  She took their care to heart and was always available to help them out.  As a mother, she taught her children to work hard and that cleanliness only cost a little soap and water.  As a person, she was a woman of few words.  She loved her family and protected them with her life at times and she was a proud and private person.      Survivors include her children, Phillip Lee Winter and wife, Penny, of Ravenswood, David Michael and wife, Terry, of Ripley, Larry Wayne Winter and wife, Lisa, of Ripley, Jerry Wane Winter of Parkersburg, James Ray Winter of Ripley and Wilma Ray Winter of Killeen, TX; brothers, Oshel Barnett of New Haven, Otho Barnett and wife, Shirley, of Ripley, Boyd Ray Barnette and wife, Barbara, of Evans, Carl Barnette and wife Edith of Washington, and Edward Barnette of Ohio; sisters, Murtie Walters of Washington and Thelma Quinn of Parkersburg; 12 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; daughter-in-law, Becky Winter of Ripley; and sister-in-law, Freda Barnette of Evans.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Darr J. Winter; son, Franklin Winter; and brothers, Parvin, Charles and James Barnett.  Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Friday, September 1, 2006, at the Vail Funeral Home in Ripley, with the Pastor Ralph Taylor, officiating.  Burial followed in the Ephesus Baptist Church Cemetery on Grasslick Road in Fairplain.