Compton, Nancy Howard Winters

Nancy Howard Winters Compton, 69, of Christiansburg, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, April 24, 2010. She was of the Baptist Faith. Nancy was the daughter of the late James and Fannie Howard. She was born in Montgomery County, on August 15, 1940. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and greatgrandmother.

She was preceded in death by her late husband, Dan Winters; her son, Tommy Winters; a son-in-law, Chuck McKenzie; a brother; and two sisters.

Left to cherish her memories are her husband, Gordon Compton; her sons and daughters, Bill Winters and wife, Joyce, of Blacksburg, Mark Winters, of Christiansburg, Patricia Nolen and husband, Warren, of Parrott, Lisa McKenzie, of Christiansburg, Rebecca Hatchell and husband, Lloyd, of Radford; 12 grandchildren; 10 greatgrandchildren; two brothers; four sisters; and numerous nephews and nieces. She will be sadly missed by all.

Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, April 27, 2010, at 2 p.m. in the McCoy Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Dale Snider officiating. Entombment will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Friends may call anytime after 12 noon Monday, and the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday evening at McCoy Funeral Home, 150 Country Club Drive, Blacksburg.