Nina Katherine Partlow Winkles
Falkville Funeral service for Nina Katherine Partlow Winkles, 81, was held December 5, 2024, at 3:00 PM at Peck Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor John Russell officiating and Peck Funeral Home directing. Burial will be in Falkville City Cemetery.
Mrs. Winkles passed away on Monday, December 2, 2024, at her residence. She was born September 14, 1943, in Calhoun County, to William Harrison Partlow and Nancy Mildred Crawford Partlow. She was a member of Falkville United Methodist Church and was very active in her community, volunteering and working to help others. She was a former Jayceette, and a board member for the Falkville City Cemetery. Mrs. Winkles loved Christmas, singing, working in her yard and caring for her flowers, and especially taking her special trips and adventures with her ‘favorite granddaughter’ Logan. Dear to her heart were the ‘ladies from the puzzle table,” but above all she loved the Lord and her family and friends the most. She was employed by Bell-South, prior to her retirement, where she began as a switchboard operator and was a business office supervisor upon retirement. Preceding her in death were her husband, William Robert Winkles; her parents; her brothers, Tommy Partlow and Bobby Partlow; sister, Billie Laney; a bonus grandson, Jack Grandstaff and a bonus great-grandson, Braedon Grandstaff; brothers-in-law; Robert Vinzant, Jack McCaig, J.D. Light, Ernie Holmes and Hal Laney, and sisters-inlaw, Sandy Partlow and and Polly Holmes. Her family wishes to extend special thanks to her oncologist Daryl Outlaw, her surgeon, Dr. Gregory Kennedy and Cullman Regional Home Health and Hospice Services and nurses, Krystal, Kelly and Brittany Lynn. Survivors include daughter Kelly Winkles Grandstaff (John); son, William Kenneth Winkles (Jo Ann); brothers, Harry Partlow (Jessica), Donny Partlow, and Phillip Partlow; sister, Anne Vinzant; five grandchildren, Jim Smith, Chad Winkles, Chase Winkles, Ryley Smith, and Logan Smith; three bonus grandchildren, John, Jason, and Jeff Grandstaff; seven greatgrandchildren; sistersin-law Sarah Light, Jean McCaig, and Gayle O’Hara (Bob); and special friend Tina Rogers, who was considered family. Pallbearers will be Jim Smith, Chad Winkles, Chase Winkles, Ryley Smith, Brantsen Smith, and Dusty Vinzant. Honorary pallbearers include nephews and grandson, Hagen Smith.
