L. Clinton Winslow, Jr.

L. Clinton Winslow, Jr., 81 years old, died quietly at his home Saturday, July 12, 2014, after a long struggle with health issues stemming from cancer. A life long resident of Belvidere in Perquimans County, he was the son of the late Lynwood C. Winslow Sr. and Sylvia A. White Winslow. He married Catherine Goodwin on his twenty-second birthday, and they enjoyed fifty-nine years of marriage together. Mr. Winslow was a graduate of Perquimans County High School where he was named All-Eastern in football and known to many as "Big Clint". After graduation he worked for Hertford Motor Company and J.C. Blanchard and Company Department Store before taking over operation of the family farm at his father's death in 1957. At one point cultivating just over four hundred acres, he found great satisfaction and pride in his crops of corn, soybeans and peanuts, and was among the first in the area to return to growing cotton in the early 1980's. After retirement he continued to raise several acres of vegetables, readily sharing the produce with friends and family. He combined his love of mechanics and auctions through the buying, rebuilding, and re-selling of used farm equipment, as well as by collecting and restoring antique tractors, gas engines and tools. Mr. Winslow was an active, birthright member of Up River Friends Meeting, and his Quaker faith, up-bringing, and heritage played major roles in defining his life and character. He had served Up River over the years as Sunday School Superintendent, clerk of Ministry and Counsel, a Trustee, and chairman of the House and Grounds Committee. In his younger years he sang in the Up River Men's Chorus, and later in the adult choir. He was an active supporter of Eastern Quarterly Meeting and North Carolina Yearly Meeting of Friends, attending both regularly from childhood up until his failing health prevented him from doing so, and serving for a time on the Board of Directors of Friends Homes in Greensboro, N.C. He was a trustee and treasurer for the Up River Community Cemetery and dedicated many days towards its mowing and upkeep. He had served on the Perquimans County Planning Board, the county committee of the Perquimans A.S.C.S. (now Farm Service Agency), and for many years on the Perquimans County Farm Bureau Board of Directors. Mr. Winslow was a member of the Parksville Ruritan Club for well over fifty years, a charter member of the Perquimans County Volunteer Rescue Squad, and a retired member of the Belvidere-Chappell Hill Volunteer Fire Department. Early in life he developed an enjoyment of hunting, spending many nights coon hunting and days bear hunting with friends, and later hunting deer as a member of the Bear Swamp Hunt Club and the Belvidere Nicanor Hunt Club. When his health kept him from participating in the hunt he kept up an interest in watching deer and wild turkeys in the field behind his home. Although Mr. Winslow served his meeting and his community well throughout his lifetime, his love for his family was evident in everything he did, even through the difficult times of illness which filled his last years. In addition to his wife, Catherine G. Winslow, he is survived by a daughter, Beth (Anna Elizabeth) Winslow Sanders, and son-in-law Stephen O. Sanders of Rock Hill, South Carolina, a son, Lynwood C. Winslow III of Belvidere, a grandson, Adam O. Sanders and wife Dana of Apex, North Carolina, a granddaughter, Rachel E. Sanders of Greenville, South Carolina, and a great-grandson, Luke O. Sanders. He is also survived by his sister, LaClaire W. R. Anderson, and brother-in-law Garland Anderson of Elizabeth City, nieces Susan R. Harris (Phil) and Ann R. Carpenter (Roger), three great-nieces, four great-nephews, seven great-great-nieces and nephews, and many cousins and friends. The family extends their appreciation to all those who have expressed their love and support throughout Mr. Winslow's illness. They are most grateful to the staff of Albemarle Home Health Care and Hospice, and ResCare Home Care, especially Virginia Goodman, Kisha White, Gloria Rountree, Janet Elliott, and Sherry Piontka; Dr. Warren and Dr. Alvarez and their staffs; and the Outpatient Services staff of Albemarle Hospital. Services will be held Wednesday, July 16 at 11:00 a.m. in Up River Friends Meeting, 523 Up River Road, Belvidere, N.C. Burial will follow in Up River Cemetery with Miller & Van Essendelft, Funeral and Cremation Providers, Hertford, N.C. handling arrangements. The family will receive friends following the service in the meeting's fellowship hall, and at other times at 1543 Belvidere Road. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Up River Cemetery in care of Jesse Rountree, 553 Turnpike Road, Belvidere, N.C. 27919, or to the Up River Friends Meeting Building Fund in care of Julian Baker, 154 Community Building Road, Belvidere, N.C. 27919. Online condolences may be made to the family by visiting www.millerfhc.com.