Clyde C. Winters

100 year old Clyde C. Winters of McMinnville died Wednesday at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville after an extended illness.
He moved to McMinnville in 1938 when he took the job of manager of the Tennessee Electric Power Company, later to become known in 1939 as McMinnville Electric System. He served as general superintendent until his retirement in 1973. A member of the Church of Christ, he was a deacon at Central in McMinnville before becoming one of the founding trustees of Westwood Church of Christ where he served as elder for 30 years. He was also a Mason. The son of James LaFayette and Rosa Caroline Johnson Winters, he was preceded in death by his wife of 72 years, Elizabeth Webb Winters in 2002; a son, Clyde C. Winters Jr.; son-in-law, M.L. (Sam) Scott; two brothers and one sister. He is survived by daughter, Carol Rose Winters Scott of McMinnville; granddaughter and husband, Elizabeth Scott and John Randall Damron of Pittsburgh, Pa.; great-granddaughters and spouse, Laura Elizabeth Damron and Aleksandr Zasedatelev of McMinnville and Emily Rose Damron of Pittsburgh; brother, James L. Winters Jr. of Kingston.
Graveside services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Mt. View Cemetery in McMinnville with James Vandiver and Harold Jones officiating. Visitation will be held from 3 to 9 p.m.Wednesday and 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Thursday at High’s.
High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.