Terry Winters

December 4, 1957 - December 4, 2020

Terry Duane Winters, 63, of Brownstown, IL passed away on Friday, December 04, 2020 at his home. A Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 AM, Tuesday, December 08, 2020 at the First Christian Church of Brownstown with Mr. Duane Willms officiating. Interment will follow at Griffith Cemetery, Brownstown. Visitation will be held prior to services from 10:00- 11:00 AM, Tuesday, December 08, 2020 at the First Christian Church. Memorials may be made to the Brownstown First Responders. (It is recommended that guidelines set forth by the Center for Disease Control and Illinois Department of Public Health as they relate to COVID-19 be followed. This includes but is not limited to face covering and social distancing. Please be respectful of others.) Terry Duane Winters was born on December 04, 1957 in Chicago, IL, the son of Gary Winters and Mary Louise Rhodes. He married Melinda Jo Garrison on September 14, 1990; together they celebrated 30 years of marriage. Terry was employed by the Illinois Department of Corrections as a food supervisor; retiring from the Vandalia Correctional Center. In his spare time, he enjoyed collecting “treasures” such as; knives, guns, and arrow heads. He always managed to turn nothing into something; bartering the many collectibles he had. Though he enjoyed his hobbies, what he loved most was spending time with his family and especially, his grandchildren. He is survived by his mother, Mary Louise Eller; wife, Melinda Winters; daughter, Lindsey (Dustin) Pruett; son, Jared (Lexi) Winters; grandchildren, Gracie and Rylin Pruett, and Hudson Winters; brother, William “Art” Winters; sisters, Connie Gibson, Sandra Zinkgraf, and Rebecca “Becky” Hayes; mother and father-in-law, Ervin and Joyce Garrison; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father and sister, Paula Jones.