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11-17-10 — Mar. 3, 1929-Nov. 3, 2010
Thomas Eugene Winchester, age 81, of Somerset, Ky., departed this life on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at the Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital.
He was born on March 3, 1929 in Jacksonville, Ill. to the late James R.
and Dona A. Miller Winchester.
He was a foreman for Dallas Dean Construction Company in Harrodsburg, Ky., a United States Army veteran of WWII, and a member of the Oak Grove Baptist Church in Monticello, Ky. He loved turkey shoots, hunting, flea markets, and fishing.
He is survived by his wife-Gladys Hurt Winchester, who he married on February 5, 1984 in Monticello, Ky.; a son-Larry ( Wendy) Winchester of Monticello, Ky.; a stepson-Stanley (Joetta) Burnette of Somerset, Ky.; two daughters-June ( Mark) Decker of Bronston, Ky. and Willa Jean Foster (Sonny
Parris) of Monticello, Ky.; two stepdaughters-Donna (Kenny) Bottoms of Danville, Ky. and Wilma (Jeff) Masoner of Somerset, Ky.; a brother-Johnny
(Sandra) Winchester of Monticello, Ky.; six sisters-Lela Smith, Maxine Coffey, Anna Belle Shelton, Lorene (Clifford) Slagle, and Betty Abbott, all of Monticello, Ky. and Margaret ( Leroy) Anderson of Monroe, Ga.; eight grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; and four step great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two brothers-Otis and Ray Winchester.
Funeral services were held at 1:00 p.m. in the funeral home chapel with Bro. Johnny Dunbar officiating. Burial was in the Elk Springs Cemetery in Monticello, Ky.
Lake Cumberland Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.