Adelle Thrash Steinwinder, 95, died Saturday, May 24, 2008 at Bryan W. Whitfield Memorial Hospital in Demopolis.
She was born in Choctaw County and a resident of Demopolis, a resident of Forkland, where she was a member of Forkland United Methodist Church. She retired from Vanity Fair after 27 years of service.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Jessie Franklin Powell and Comilla Pritchett Powell; husbands, James Nathan Thrash, John Yingst, Harvey Brown and Tuman Steinwinder; and two brothers, Richard Bernard Powell and Jessie Norman Powell.
Survivors include a daughter, Dorothy Jean Robinson of Robertsdale; two sons, William Claude Thrash and James Earl (Pat) Thrash, all of Forkland; three sisters, Annie Lee Grace of Ward, Imogene Grace and Marjorie (Langford) Stephens, all of York; two brothers, Bill (Eloise) Powell of Jackson, Miss., and Charlie Powell of Cullman; nine grandchildren, a host of great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Services were held Tuesday, May 27 at Kidd-Robbins Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Dunford Cole officiating. Burial followed at Demopolis Memorial Gardens.
Pallbearers were William Allen, James Thrash Jr., Scott Taylor Jr., James C. Robinson Jr., John Underwood, Michael Herndon and Wesley Herndon.
Honorary pallbearers were the staff of Southern Oaks Assisted Living, Dr. Gerald Hodge; nurses and staff of Bryan W. Whitfield Memorial Hospital; Robert and Vickie Taylor.
The family requests memorial donations be made to the charity of your choice.
Arrangements were made by Kidd Robbins Funeral Home, Demopolis.
