Evelyn Winchester, 67, passed away Wednesday, June 24, 2009, at her residence in Muncie, surrounded by her family, following an extended illness.
She was born August 8, 1941, in Mt. Pisgah, Kentucky, the daughter of John and Ida (Delk) Simpson. She attended school in Parmleysville, Kentucky, and moved to Muncie in 1959.
She was a member of Riverview United Baptist Church.
Surviving are her husband, Bobby K. Winchester, to whom she would have been married fifty years, July 18; her son, Robert Winchester, (wife, Dana), Eaton; her daughter, Debra Lair, (husband, Kerry), Monticello, Kentucky; five grandchildren, Rachel Cantrell, (husband, Mike), Daleville, Douglas Winchester, Ethan Penn and Chelsea Penn, all of Eaton, and Kelly Lair, Monticello, Kentucky; two great grandchildren, Mason Thomas Cantrell and Kaylee Marie Cantrell, both of Daleville; her brothers and sisters, Keith Simpson, (wife, Hilda), Parmleysville, Kentucky, Irene Holt, Muncie, Paul Simpson, (wife, Irene), Mt. Pisgah, Kentucky, Kenneth Simpson, (wife, Stella), Muncie, Ina Mae Hurt, (husband, Paul), Muncie, Dean Brewster, Monticello, Kentucky, and Joyce Barnard, (husband, Gaylord), Muncie; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her brother, Bennie Simpson; and two sisters, Lula Foster and Alta Simpson.
Services will be 10:00 a.m. Friday at Parson Mortuary with Rev. Anthony Bilbrey and Rev. Hoyt Davis officiating.
Burial will follow in Gardens of Memory Cemetery, 10703 N. State Road 3, Muncie, IN.
The family will receive friends from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Thursday and an hour prior to the services on Friday at the mortuary.