Winifred Brandon Highsmith Estes

Winifred Brandon Highsmith Estes

Greenville

Winifred Brandon Highsmith Estes, age 95, died peacefully at her daughter's home in Saluda, NC early Friday morning. Mrs. Estes attended Furman University and graduated from Vanderbilt in 1938. She continued her education at New York University in 1940. Mrs. Estes was the only child of Edwin McKoy Highsmith from Harold's Corner, NC & Winifred Sarah Brandon of Nashville, TN, who died shortly after childbirth. Several years later, Mr. Highsmith married Annette Paris of Nashville, TN and had three children, Ann, Nancy & Edwin who Mrs. Estes survived. Winifred married Augustus LaCoste Estes in 1941 and is survived by her only child, Winifred Brandon Estes Reynolds, and two grandchildren, Patrick Warren Ariail and Rachel Ariail Jordan along with three great-granddaughters. A member of First Baptist Church of Greenville, she was also a Sustaining Member of The Thursday Club and past President of the Crescent Community Club. Her Master's Degree in Merchandising landed a buyer's position with Meyers Arnold and she later retired from Henderson Advertising Agency. Throughout the years, Winifred enhanced both Mills Steele & H. Neil Gillespie's B&W photography through the art of hand applied oil painting. Winifred participated in developing Greenville's first Art Museum in The Gassaway Mansion, a prior VP of the Community Council of Greenville County and was instrumental in establishing the first City Youth Center. Winifred contributed her time & talent towards improving Greenville's cultural development. She was a world traveler and even enjoyed raising chinchillas at home with her husband & daughter. Memorial services will be Tuesday, July 31st at High Noon with arrangements by the Cremation Society of SC, 328 Dupont Dr, Greenville, SC 29607. www.cremation-sc.com. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be offered to Alzheimer's Association, SC Chapter, 301 University Ridge, Suite 5000, Greenville, SC 29601, www.alz.org\sc