Mrs. Betty Thomas Winstead
10/19/1951 - 11/24/2025
Mrs. Betty Thomas Winstead, age 74, of South Hill, passed away on Monday November 24, 2025 in her home, surrounded by her family. She was a homemaker. Betty is survived by her husband, Richard I. “Dickie” Winstead of South Hill; her three sisters: Rachel Swisher of Richmond, Joyce Tharpe of South Hill and Genelle Winstead of La Crosse. She was preceded in death by her parents, Otis and Mary Thomas and her two sisters: Connie Clary and Janice Kirby. A funeral service will be conducted on Saturday November 29th at 2:00 P.M. in Crowder-Hite-Crews Funeral Home and Crematory with interment to follow in Canaan Cemetery. The family will receive friends starting at 1:00 P.M. until service time in the funeral home. Online condolences may be made through our website, www.crowderhitecrews.com. Crowder-Hite-Crews Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the Winstead family.
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At Crowder-Hite-Crews we’ve always been proud to say that we are large enough to serve and small enough to care. When you choose us, we consider this a sacred trust between your family and ours. We offer a full range of funeral service, whether for a traditional funeral or cremation, and we are able to assist families worldwide. In February of 2004 we installed a crematorium to better serve our cremation families. We now do all cremations in our facility, saving transport to another location for this service. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions about the cremation process.
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Mrs.
Aunt Betty,
You may not be here on this earth any longer, but you will never be gone. In our hearts, you will stay forever and a day.
Your love and kindness, a blessing always, we need to carry through all days.
The kindest of souls, now home!
Sincere condolences to all the family.
I really enjoyed seeing her at the doctors office.
Our condolences
Uncle Dickie, I’m so sorry for your loss.
Love, Linda & family