Ms. Myrtle Winstead

WINSTEAD, Ms. Myrtle - Age 95, passed away Monday, June 29, 2015 at Kith Haven. Family hour 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at Southeast Christian Church of The Apostolic Faith, 4171 Lapeer Rd., Burton, MI, with funeral service commencing at 11 a.m. Dist. Elder Kenneth Brown, officiating. Interment Lovedale Memorial Cemetery, G-5175 E. Bristol Rd., Burton, MI. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Ms. Winstead will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 12p.m. - 8 p.m., with family present from 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. Monday. Ms. Myrtle (Gamble) Winstead was born on March 5, 1920 in Shelby, Miss, the daughter of Cleveland and Margaret (Coffee) Gamble. She came to Flint in 1940 and was initially a member of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church. In 1950 she was baptized in Jesus name and received the Holy Ghost at Bethlehem Temple Church of The Apostolic Faith. Myrtle was joined in holy matrimony to Harvey Winstead on September 21, 1957. The Winsteads stayed and faithfully worked at Bethlehem Temple until Elder John Brown started a new church, Southeast Christian Church where she was a devoted member until her death. Since her spiritual walk began, Myrtle participated in various groups such as: choir, missionary department, usher board member, baptism committee, prayer band, and a Sunday school teacher, she loved to work for the Lord. Myrtle worked at A.C. Spark plug, a division of General Motors, for a few years and she was also a nurse’s assistant at Hurley Hospital. She then started working for the Flint board of education working at Dewey, Bunche, and Scott elementary schools as a teacher’s aide until 1984. Myrtle loved to bake and share her wonderful “goodies” such as cake rolls, sweet potatoes pies, and peanut brittle, she even took a cake to her eye doctor as a thank you. Ms. Myrtle (Gamble) Winstead leaves to cherish her memory: niece, Myrtle (Gwen) Washington; 3 nephews, Jackson (Geraldine) Lott, Nelson (Brenda) Lott, and Lee (Angela) Lott; great-nephew, Kevin Washington; special adopted daughter, Lois (Bobby) Johnson of Battle Creek; a host of nieces, nephews, godchildren, friends and her church family at Southeast Christian Church. Ms. Myrtle (Gamble) Winstead was preceded in death by her husband, Elder Harvey Winstead; parents, Cleveland and Margaret Gamble; 4 sisters; 3 brothers. The family would like to express special thanks to Dr. E. Saeed, and Hurley Hospice RN Rose Rybo. The staff of Kith Haven and the Southeast Christian Church family, her special friends she talked to daily, Sis. Dorothy Williams, Sis. Florence Moore, Gail Freeman who went to see her almost every day for the last month, Ms. Arnarylis of Flint, Mrs. Ruth Daniels of Florida, and Ms. Tommie of Arizona

Ms. Myrtle Winstead

March 5, 1920 - June 29, 2015