Winifred Whitner

WHITNER, Mrs. Winifred Jean - Age 59, passed away Monday, September 1, 2008 at her residence. Family hour 10:30AM Friday, September 5, 2008 at Living Word Ministries, 2001 W. Carpenter Rd., with funeral service commencing immediately at 11AM, Evangelist Margaret Jones officiating. Pastor Robert Rosborough, host pastor. Friends and family will assemble at the funeral home 1:30PM Wednesday. Mrs. Whitner now lies in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 1-8PM today. Mrs. Winfred Jean “Windy” Whitner was born July 12, 1949 in Birmingham, Alabama, the daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. Edward and Martha (Griffin) Lawson. She was a current member of Living Word Ministry’s, Former Member of Greater Holy Temple COGIC where she served on the Kitchen Committee, Senior Usher Board and the Pastor Anniversary Committee. Mrs. Whitner was an avid reader and loved crocheting and helping others. “Windy” leaves to cherish her memory: husband, Jimmy R. Whitner, Sr.; beloved son, Jimmy R. Whitner, Jr.; play sons, Dondric Wells, Mr. and Mrs. Sammy Shamlin, Clayton Standokes, Kevin (Jennifer) Thomas of Florida; “play grandchild” Alexandria Thomas; 3 sisters, Marilyn (Riley) Browder, Valerie Glover and Etta Washington all of Flint; 3 brothers, Eric (Geraldine), Edward, Jr. and companion Myra sanders and James Lawson; 6 nieces; 23 nephews; 5 great-nieces and nephews; 3 aunts, Charity Coleman, Elizabeth Parifoy and Georgiann Wilson; uncle, John Griffin, Jr.; 4 sisters-in-law; 4 brothers-in-law; a host of other relatives and friends including in laws, Rev. & Mrs. Julius and Mary Hopson, Bobby and Jessie Whitner of Atlanta, GA, Ronald and Kay Whitner, Arthur and Charline Whitner; very special friends, Jewel Hardy, Willie and Aretha Finley, Sharon Holmes, Margaret Jones, Ruth and Patty Poplar, Living Word Church family, Greater Holy Temple COGIC, Mr. and Mrs. James Outland, Mr. & Mrs. Lester and Jean Smith, Mr. & Mrs. J.C. and Betty Boone, Reid Turner, Rogerine LeFlore, Mr. & Mrs. Alfred and Flo Tolbert, the Wells, Roper, Redwine and Kendall families; close friends, Elma Banks, Greater Holy Temple COGIC, Karen Schutts, Mrs. Gloria Rison and the Rison Family and Mr. & Mrs. Tommy and Jackie Blair. Mrs. Whitner was preceded in death by her son, Kenneth Terrance Whitner; parents, Mr.& Mrs. Edward and Martha Lawson; grandparents, John Griffin and Martha Griffin-Jackson; Papa Jack; George and Mary Lawson; brother, Douglas Lee Lawson; father and mother-in-law, J.C. and Dorothy Whitner. “To God Be the Glory, “I’m Free”.

Winifred Whitner

July 12, 1949 - September 1, 2008