Gwinnett County GaArchives Obituaries.....Winn, Rev. William Maltbie  November 13, 1924
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The Atlanta Constitution  16 Nov 1924
Last Services Held For Rev. W. M. Winn

Lawrenceville, Ga., November 15--(Special)-The body of Rev. W. M. Winn, 77, 
Confederate veteran and Methodist minister, who died suddenly at the home of 
his daughter, Mrs. H. B. Sasser, at Decatur, Thursday night, was interred at 
the New cemetery here this afternoon at 3 o'clock, Lawrenceville lodge of 
Masons officiating.

He became a member of the Lawrenceville lodge over a half a century ago.  He 
was the youngest son of the late Richard Winn, who was a prominent Gwinnett 
county politician.  Rev. Mr. Winn entered service in the civil war at the age 
of 16, serving with distinction until the surrender, after which he entered 
the ministry, serving charges in Georgia and Alabama for nearly 50 years. 

Besides many friends and relatives, Dr. Elam F. Dempsey and Rev. J. R. King 
accompanied the body to Lawrenceville.

Rev. Winn is survived by two sons, Rev. E. S. Winn, pastor of the First 
Presbyterian church at Fitzgerald, and W. A. Winn, of Decatur; a grandson, W. 
B. Sasser, of Decatur; a daughter, Mrs. H. B. Sasser, of Decatur; a brother, 
Colonel Thomas E. Winn, of Greensboro; five nephews, Colonel Courtland S. 
Winn, of Atlanta; W. J. Peeples of Athens; R. L. Winn, of Atlanta; T. E. 
Peeples of Gainesville, and Arch Peeples of Atlanta, and three nieces, Mrs. A. 
P. Cain, of Cincinnati; Mrs. John W. Chipley, of Athens, and Miss Minnie 
Peeples, of Lawrenceville. 

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