Joe Winborne

Masonic graveside rites for Joe Winborne, age 76, of Rusk are scheduled for 11 a.m., Tuesday, May 22 under the direction of Rusk Euclid Masonic Lodge 45 A.F. & A.M. in Cedar Hill Cemetery with Rev. Odis Bryan and Rev. Don Copeland officiating.

Mr. Winborne died May 19, 2007 in a Tyler hospice.

He was born January 14, 1931 in Fort Worth to the late Jesse Norman and Pluma Elvira Mason Winborne.

He was a resident of Rusk for 10 years formerly of Freeport. He was a member of Memorial Missionary Baptist Church in Rusk. Mr. Winborne recently received his 50 year Masonic pin where he was a member of the Masonic Lodge 1195 in Fort Worth. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War.

He was preceded in death by his wife Margaret Ann Winborne in 2002.

He is survived by a daughter, Dianna Rhea Werner of Alvin; sister and brother-in-law, Betty and Ed Hall of Rusk; two granddaughters, Jodi Montemayor and husband Erik of Santa Fe, TX, Jill Saenz and husband Karl of Cuero, four great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m., Monday, May 21 at Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home in Rusk.

Information from The Jacksonville Daily Progress