Rixene Winborne Hall

Rixene Winborne Hall was born March 29, 1940 and departed this life on June 12, 2026. She was preceded in death by her husband Edward Taylor Hall, her parents Rev. Alfred R. Winborne and Ida Boone Winborne; four brothers; Alfred, George, Clifton and William Winborne; and one sister Katherine Winborne Moore.

Rixene began her religious training at the New Chapel Baptist Church in Plymouth, NC where her father was a pastor for over forty years. She was an active member of the Mt. Pisqah AME Church in Columbia, MD until she moved to Haines City, FL. While in FL she became a member of the New Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church.

After graduating from Shaw University, she began her teaching career as a math teacher in Goldsboro, NC. Later she taught school in Maryland for over thirty years, retiring from Howard County Puplic School System in 1995.

Rixene was so creative. She loved to sew, cross stich, crochet, and paint ceramic figurines - specifically African American Angels and Santa Clause’s. She loved to give beautiful gifts to family and friends of her creations. She also loved to read and surrounded herself with many books. She was also a lifetime member of NAACP and a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.

Rixene was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. She leaves to cherish her memory to two daughters, Bonita Hall Wynn and Cynthia Lea Hall; three grandchildren, Rodney Taylor,bAlexandra and Justin Wynn, one great granddaughter, Dior Christine White; one brother, Pastor W.H. Winborne; two sister-in-laws, Bernetta and Peaches Winborne and many other loving nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. We her family and friends rejoice in knowing that the Lord has received Rixene’s spirit and now rests in his loving arms along with the love of her life, Edward Taylor Hall, where they will be eternally together forever.

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I’m Free

Don’t grieve for me, for now I’m free;

I’m now following the path God laid for me.

I took His hand, when I heard Him call;

I turned my back and left it all.

I could not stay another day;

To laugh, to love, to work or play.

Tasks left undone must stay that way;

I found that place at the close of day.

If parting has left a void;

Then fill it with remembered joy.

A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss;

Ah yes, these things, I too will miss.

Be not burdened with time of sorrow;

I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow.

My life has been full. I savored much;

Good friends, good times, a love one’s touch.

Perhaps my time seemed all to brief;

Don’t lengthen it now with undue grief.

Lift up your heart and share with me;

God wanted me now, He has set me free.

By Anne Lindgren Davison