Carole Ann Winningham-Murphy

Lifelong Siskiyou County resident Carole Ann (Walker) Winningham-Murphy passed away on February 22, 2017 at Fairchild Medical Center in Yreka, following a short illness and surrounded by many family members. Carole was born on June 21, 1938 in Yreka to Logan and Mary (Tyler) Walker. She attended Montague and Yreka schools, and was a 1956 graduate of Yreka High School. Carole met her husband, Vernon 'Bruce' Winningham at Yreka High and the two were married on May 8, 1957 in Reno, NV. Bruce passed away on July 23, 1983, and on August 8, 1986 Carole married Perry Murphy, who survives her. Carole was employed for many years, starting in high school, at McNeil's Markets and the Drive 'N Save in Yreka, as well as nearly 30 years at the Siskiyou Daily News. Her many interests included dancing (the jitterbug in particular), art, painting, flower gardening, quilting, knitting, crocheting and baking awesome lemon meringue pies. Carole is survived by her husband Perry Murphy; her children, Wendy Winningham, David (Torrie) Winningham, Mary (Rick) DeAvilla and Richard (Vickie) Winningham; her grandchildren Michelle (Adam) Cates, Leah (Chris) Konvalin, Thomas (Dana) Potter and Kathleen Potter, Tara (Tyler) Peckham, Taylor Winningham and Logan (Ashley) Winningham, Delilah DeAvilla and Lola DeAvilla, Aaron Winningham, Sara Cabitto and Madison Beltramo; her great-grandchildren Gabriel Cates, Shelby Potter, Selma and Milla Crain, Joselyn, Morgan and Hannah Peckham, Brooklynn and Carmine DeAvilla, and Cortlynn Cabitto. Carole is also survived by her cousins John McNeil (Brooklyn NY), Rory McNeil (Yreka) and Teresa Romero (Anderson CA), sister-in-law Sharon Winningham (Centralia WA), uncles Leslie Walker (Porterville), Dale Walker (Ukiah), nephews Terry, Curt and Brian Winningham, niece Emily (Winningham) Roarke and their families. Carole is predeceased by her parents Logan and Mary, her first husband Bruce, brother-in-law Richard Calvin Winningham, six uncles, six aunts and numerous cousins. A viewing will be held on Friday, March 3rd from 5-7pm at Girdner Funeral Chapel, 202 S. Oregon Street, Yreka, CA. A funeral service will be held for Carole at Girdner Funeral Chapel in Yreka at 10:30am on Saturday March 4. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery, Yreka. A reception will follow the service on Saturday at the Yreka Church of the Nazarene, 415 Evergreen Lane, Yreka CA 96097.

Carole Ann Winningham-Murphy

June 21, 1938 - February 22, 2017