A celebration of life will be held for Winifred Allen Hamilton 11:30 a.m., Thursday, February 27, at Bethel Temple Pentecostal Church with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation is from 9:30 a.m. until the time of service.

Mrs. Hamilton, 90, of Brookhaven, went home to be with the Lord on February 23. 2025, in her home surrounded by her family. She was born in Lincoln County on October 20, 1934, to the late Fred Allen and Myrtis martin Allen.

Winifred loved her Lord and Savior and was a devoted member of Bethel Temple Pentecostal Church for 55 years, where she took care of the church books for roughly 50 of those years.

“MawMaw Ped” loved her grandkids, they brought great joy to her life. She had a passion for cooking and made the absolute best chicken & dumplings and biscuits.

For 47 years she worked out of her home in her beauty shop, “Ideal Beauty Shop”, where she loved spending time with her customers, witnessing and sharing the love of Jesus with them.

She is preceded in death by her husband of 68 ½ years, J.J.; her parents; sister, Belva Allen Sandifer; brother, Carroll Allen; and sisters-in-law, Janet Smith and Judy Hamilton; brothers-in-law, Buddy Sandifer, Curtis Smith, Butch Hamilton, and Hubert Hamilton.

Those left to cherish her memory are her son, Mike Hamilton (Connie); grandson, Allen Hamilton (Desi); great granddaughters, Makayla Wicker (Daniel), Hannah Chapman (Thomas, Jr.); two great great grandkids, Willa Grace Chapman and Floyd Allen Wicker; two sisters-in-law, Diann Allen and Nell Hamilton; special friends and caregivers, Renee Dunaway, Sondra Smith, and Sandra Hebert, along with the nurses at Arden.