Major Winston Eugene Whigham, USAF

Winston Eugene Whigham, of Tallahassee, Florida, passed away Wednesday, January 9, 2013, at Westminster Oaks Retirement Community. He was 82 years old and lived a happy and full life.

He was born in the family farmhouse in Hopeful, Georgia, on October 27, 1930. He graduated from Hopeful High School and went to Marion Military Institute which started his career in the Air Force where he later became a pilot. Winston met his future bride, Gapie Daniels, in Washington, D.C. and was married for 49 years before her death in 2004. His tenure with the Air Force provided the opportunity to travel abroad and eventually settle in Tallahassee in 1971. He then attended Florida State University and received a degree in Accounting that opened the doors to a second career as an Internal Auditor with the Department of Transportation. He fully retired in 1997.

Winston leaves his family consisting of three children, Fran Smith, Meg Moneyham (James Jennis) and Curtis Whigham (Sheri Whigham), all of Tallahassee; his sister, Shirley Orr (Bobby Orr) of Senoia, GA; his sister in law, Peggy Kersting (Jim Kersting) of Houston, TX; seven grandchildren, Caroline Hudson (Dewey Hudson), Megan Moneyham, Anna Moneyham, Julianna Smith, Elizabeth Whigham, Selena Hughes (Johnathan Hughes), and Clay Carter (Trish Carter); and six great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be held at Culley’s MeadowWood Funeral Home, 700 Timberlane Road on Sunday, January 13th from 2 – 4 p.m. A church service will be held at First Baptist Church (College Avenue) on Monday, January 14, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. There will be a reception immediately following the church service at the FBC Welcome Center. He will be laid to rest in Hopeful, GA at the Hopeful Baptist Church Cemetery at 3:00 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Big Bend Hospice (1723 Mahan Center Blvd; Tallahassee, FL 32308), Hopeful Baptist Church (2655 Georgia Highway 97; Camilla, GA 31730), or National Parkinson’s Foundation of North Florida (P.O. Box 14722; Tallahassee, FL 32317).