Rohe Lewis Winchell

Rohe Lewis Winchell, age 84, of Taylorsville, passed away in Catawba Valley Medical Center on May 17, 2017, following a brief illness. He was born Nov. 6, 1932, to the late Alfred Main and Mary Prescilla Hickman Winchell, in Waterbury, Conn. His career as a financial adviser spanned several industries and financial institutions. He faithfully attended East Taylorsville Baptist Church. He attended the University of Conn. where he majored in music. His love for classical music led to being a choir boy and playing the pipe organ for his church. He later directed choral music. He loved man's best friends, remembering Victor, Taffy, and Gilda. Rohe was a Master Gardener and was passionate in the yard and garden. Flags and Christmas lights he especially enjoyed. Celebrating family accomplishments and carrying on traditions surrounding Memorial Day and Thanksgiving, with Mince meat pie always a highlight. In addition to his parents he is preceded in death by a special aunt, Ruth Yarrington.
Mr. Winchell is survived by his wife of twenty years, Mary Ann Hayes Winchell of the home, along with one son A. Dowe Winchell, and Jody Carpin, of Greenville, SC. His daughter, Nancie Ellen Winchell Fernandez, and husband, Jeffrey , of Carlisle, Mass. cherish his memory. He has one stepson, Eric Hayes Mauney and wife, Vickie of Taylorsville. There are four grandchildren, Jesse Joseph and Chelsea Ellen Fernandez of Carlisle, Mass. with Ezra Pennell of Taylorsville and Kaylee Paige Carpin of Greenville, S.C. One favorite cousin survives, Edward LewisYarrington, of Prospect, Conn.
Funeral services will be conducted on Saturday, May, 20, 2017, at 11:00 a.m. at East Taylorsville Baptist Church, with the Rev. Jamie Steel and Rev. Gary Jennings officiating. Burial will follow in the Linney's Grove Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will include Jeff Cockrell, Ken King, Bill Gowings, Randy Elder, Mark Marshall, and Kevin White. The family will receive friends at the residence. Memorials may be made to Ethnos 360 Missions, Katie Bowman support, 312 W. 1st. St. Sanford, Fla. 32771.