Odessa Winget passed away Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018. Odessa was born in Carrollton, Kentucky, to Ezeikel and Bonnie Mae Webster. She had been a resident of Yorktown since 1972.
Odessa enjoyed traveling and socializing at military events as an Army wife. She traveled before she met her husband, who was in the Army, traveling from Kentucky to Miami or California for different jobs and vacation. With her husband, U.S. Army Col. Kingston M. Winget, she was very proud to have traveled and lived in most every state and around the world. She made friends easily and many around the world. In the 1970s, she earned a real estate license and opened her own business, Ships Point Realty. She was also a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of VFW Post 824.
Odessa was preceded in death by her husband, Col. Kingston Winget; sister, Thelma Campbell; and brother, Billy Webster.
She is survived by a sister, Patsy Elliot; brother, Forrest Webster; half-brothers, Daniel Webster and David Webster; sons, Kingston M. Winget II and William A. Winget II, and their wives, Nancy Winget and Kimberly Bearden Winget; grandchildren, Elizabeth M. Winget, Kingston M. Winget III and Walter M. Winget; and two great-grandchildren, Ashley M. Garcia Winget and David S. Winget.
A memorial service will be held at 5:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 10, at Amory Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends following the service.
In lieu of flowers, Odessa would have liked you to donate to the Casemate Museum of Fort Monroe, 20 Bernard Road, Hampton, VA 23651.
“For Tomorrow is another day.”
