1928
Mrs.
2007
Mrs. Clara Winters
April 17, 1928 — September 23, 2007
KENNEDALE -- Clara Sanderson Winters, 79, passed away from this earth Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007, at a hospice in Fort Worth.
Funeral: 11 a.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church of Kennedale. Interment: Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Clara was born in Tuscaloosa, Ala., to Ola and Jake Wells on April 17, 1928. Clara wed Lee Sanderson in 1946 and moved to Fort Worth, where they had two daughters, Sandra Lee and Shelia Ann. They later moved to Hurst and eventually to Kennedale, where they operated the local Exxon station. Clara served on the Kennedale City Council and was mayor pro tem for a time. Following Lee's death, Clara married Gene Winters on May 23, 1983, and later moved to Oklahoma, where they embarked on their "retirement adventure." While in Oklahoma they managed a cattle ranch, lived for a time in a converted school bus, hunted, fished and enjoyed each and every day together. Because of health, they moved back to Texas in May 2005. Gene passed away in September 2005, and Clara battled breast cancer -- never giving up, always optimistic and forever confident she would leave this earth and join God when it was time for her to go. Clara was able to have her own apartment in her beloved Kennedale her last year and so enjoyed her church, family and friends.
Clara was preceded in death by her husband, Lee Sanderson; her husband, Gene Winters; and one daughter, Shelia Bell.
Survivors: Daughter, Sandra Colwell and her son-in-law, Jerry Colwell; her grandchildren, Ed Peel and his wife, Kristi, Dana Gill and her husband, David, Amy Fryar and Robyn Bell; and great-grandchildren, Jackson, Hayden and Carys Peel, Quinn Farmer, Ethan Fryar and Holly and Andrew Bell-Baker.
Funeral: 11 a.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church of Kennedale. Interment: Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Clara was born in Tuscaloosa, Ala., to Ola and Jake Wells on April 17, 1928. Clara wed Lee Sanderson in 1946 and moved to Fort Worth, where they had two daughters, Sandra Lee and Shelia Ann. They later moved to Hurst and eventually to Kennedale, where they operated the local Exxon station. Clara served on the Kennedale City Council and was mayor pro tem for a time. Following Lee's death, Clara married Gene Winters on May 23, 1983, and later moved to Oklahoma, where they embarked on their "retirement adventure." While in Oklahoma they managed a cattle ranch, lived for a time in a converted school bus, hunted, fished and enjoyed each and every day together. Because of health, they moved back to Texas in May 2005. Gene passed away in September 2005, and Clara battled breast cancer -- never giving up, always optimistic and forever confident she would leave this earth and join God when it was time for her to go. Clara was able to have her own apartment in her beloved Kennedale her last year and so enjoyed her church, family and friends.
Clara was preceded in death by her husband, Lee Sanderson; her husband, Gene Winters; and one daughter, Shelia Bell.
Survivors: Daughter, Sandra Colwell and her son-in-law, Jerry Colwell; her grandchildren, Ed Peel and his wife, Kristi, Dana Gill and her husband, David, Amy Fryar and Robyn Bell; and great-grandchildren, Jackson, Hayden and Carys Peel, Quinn Farmer, Ethan Fryar and Holly and Andrew Bell-Baker.
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