Oconee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Winn, Henry F. 1926
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Oconee Enterprise
Oconee Enterprise
Friday, September 24, 1926

Another Old Veteran Responds to Final Bugle Blast of Invisible Army
Becoming over-heated because of over-exertion laboring in his garden, upsetting 
his already enfeebled system from which he never rallied despite all that human 
agency could do, Mr. Henry F. Winn, one of our oldest and most respected 
citizens , heeded the call of the Great Commander-in-Chief at 7 o'clock last 
Monday morning and, soldier that he was, again obediently took his place in the 
ranks of the gray-clad hosts "under the shade of the trees" with the immortal 
Jackson and his old invincibles of the "days that tried men's souls."
"Marse Henry," as this fine old character was affectionately known to the old 
and young alike, and every one was his friend because he was a friend himself 
to everybody, had reached the honored age of eighty-five years on the 13th day 
of last March and during all the long eventful years he spent among us aught 
derogatory concerning him was ever uttered by anybody. As a barefoot boy the 
writer spent many happy hours in his little shoe shop, watching him expertly 
ply his trade, while interestingly he related his war experiences, advising our 
youthful mind in right-living, while pointing out the pitfalls in the pathway 
of youth. He loved children, always took them into his confidence, and right up 
to the end he delighted to have them around him equally as well as they were 
eager to be with him. He was youth's friend and youth in return worshipped at 
his shrine.
Mr. Winn's immediate relatives surviving are Miss Annie Winn, a daughter 
residing with him in the home here; another daughter, Mrs. Jim Butler of 
Atlanta, and a son, Rev. L.A. Winn of Statham.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. John H. Wood of Winder, his old=time 
pastor, interment following in Watkinsville cemetery with the following 
gentlemen acting as pallbearers: C.C. Parsons, J.H. Langford, T.B. Fullilove, 
A.Y. Crowley, C.A. Duggan and R.M. Nicholson.
"Uncle Henry" was one of only two of three now surviving original members of 
the famous Troupe artillery, in which intrepid company, captained by the late 
gallant Henry H. Carlton, he became an expert gunner, famed throughout the 
length and breadth of Lee's army for the accuracy of his three-pounder, with 
which it is said he could invariably hit a port=hole in the yankee 
fortifications with his second shot if he happened to fail in his first trial. 
He loved his old cannon so much and so well that he could not bear the thought 
of surrendering it to the enemy, so when the coder came to lay down arms, fully 
loaded and ready for any eventuality of peace negotiations, "Uncle Henry" 
affectionately buried forever from sight this engine of death on the bloody 
battlefields of old Virginia, where it will remain until that day when the 
Great I Am proclaims universal and eternal peace to the torn and bleeding 
hearts of restless humankind.
Farewell, old pal of mine, until that gladsome hour when we will again strike 
hands in friendly greeting in that world never-ending.



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