Elizabeth Bryant WINSLOW

WINSLOW, Elizabeth Bryant, 93, born and raised in her beloved Isle of Wight County, Virginia, died in the loving comfort and peace of Hospice of Virginia at Retreat Hospital in Richmond, September 29, 2009. She was predeceased by her parents, George Grover Bryant and Georgie Hall Bryant; her husband, Thurman B. Winslow; and her sister, Nancy B. Dodson. Mrs. Winslow was a member of Smithfield Baptist Church for 75 years. Her family was one of the founders of Mill Swamp Baptist Church in Isle of Wight, Virginia's oldest Baptist congregation. She was a graduate of Smithfield High School and Newport News Business College, worked for the agricultural extension agency and was secretary of Smithfield Baptist Church for many years. Mrs. Winslow volunteered with the Virginia Blood Service and was active in her church. She was devoted to and is survived by her daughters, Beth W. Butner and Ann Winslow, both of Chesterfield; her son-in-law, Lynwood Butner; her grandsons, Jonathan and Clay Butner; and her nephew, Scott Dodson of Suffolk. Funeral services will be graveside at Ivy Hill Cemetery in Smithfield on Thursday, October 1, at 11 a.m. Visitation will be held Thursday at noon, at 309 Jordan Drive, Smithfield. In lieu of flowers and upon her request, memorials can be made to Isle of Wight Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 97, Smithfield, Va., 23431, or American Hospice Foundation, 2120 L Street NW, Suite 200, Washington, D.C. 20037. Arrangements are in the care of Colonial Funeral Home, Smithfield.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.