Winfred "Wink" Cornwell - 1930-2005
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Posted: 07/11/05 - 10:28:28 pm EDT
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Winfred "Wink" Cornwell, age 75, of Ashland, Ky., died Sunday, July 10, 2005, in Hospice Care Center.
Mr. Cornwell was born March 9, 1930, in Ice Creek, Ohio, a son of the late Fred and Emily Ferguson Cornwell.
He was a brick mason with Bricklayers Union Local No. 7. He was a member of Pollard Baptist Church, Northeastern Fish and Game Club, and Tri-State Woodworkers Club, did volunteer work for the woodshop at the Vo-Tech School and for that service was awarded the Home Town Hero Award on Oct. 17, 2002.
Surviving are his wife, Linda May Cornwell; two daughters, Susan Yvette (Seibren) Hale of Ashland and Tina Maria (Pat) Foose of Dayton, Ohio; two sons, Winfred Timothy Cornwell of Seattle and Randall Craig Cornwell and his wife, Jan of Chattanooga, Tenn.; three brothers, Ronald (Doris) Cornwell of Rockwood, Mich., Ernest (Pat) Cornwell of Oakhill, Ohio, and Homer Cornwell of Portland, Ore.; a sister, Jeanetta Lindsay (Tommy) of Memphis, Tenn.; and grandchildren, David and Christopher Cornwell and Daniel and Andrew Foose.
The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 13, 2005, at Steen Funeral Home-Marshall Steen Chapel in Ashland by the Rev. Tom Swartzwelder. Burial will be in Rose Hill Burial Park Mausoleum.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 tonight, July 12, 2005, at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Community Hospice, 1538 Central Ave., Ashland, Ky., or Pollard Baptist Church, 444 Blackburn Ave., Ashland, KY 41101.
Online condolences may be sent to steenfuneralhomes.com.
