IN HIS INFINITE WISDOM AND GENTLE GRACE, ALMIGHTY GOD REACHED DOWN FROM HEAVEN AND WHISPERED EVER SO QUIETLY TO ONE OF HIS CHILDREN THESE WORDS: “COME WITH ME MY SON FOR IT’S TIME TO GO HOME” AND SO IT WAS THAT SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2023 GOD CLOSED THE EYES OF OUR BELOVED TOM.

TOM JEROME WINSTON WAS BORN DECEMBER 1, 1967 IN ASHLAND, VIRGINIA TO ROSA MARY LEWIS WINSTON AND WILLIAM WINSTON SR. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS GRANDPARENTS EDDIE R. WINSTON SR., EMILY WALKER WINSTON, FOREST LEWIS JR. AND ELIZABETH BROWN LEWIS; BROTHER, ALVIN JAMES WINSTON, COUSIN, EDDIE R. WINSTON III AND A GREAT-NIECE, AVA WINSTON.

TOM JOINED FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AT AN EARLY AGE WHERE HE WAS BAPTIZED, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PASTOR ADAMS GRIMES,SR. HE WAS EDUCATED IN HANOVER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.

TO KNOW TOM IS TO LOVE HIM. HE WAS SUCH A KIND, HARD WORKING MAN WHO DIDN’T MIND CUTTING YOUR GRASS, WORKING ON YOUR CARS, OR MOVING YOUR FURNITURE. HE WAS A DIE-HARD WASHINGTON (REDSKINS) COMMANDERS FAN WHO LOVED TO DJ FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HE WAS THE LIFE OF THE PARTY WHO LOVED TO DANCE ALL THE TIME. A COUPLE OF HIS FAVORITE SAYINGS WAS ” HELLO” AND ” THERE YOU GO”. TOM WILL BE REMEMBERED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN SO MANY WAYS THAT HIS SAYINGS AND PRESENCE WILL CARRY ON IN US AND WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.

TOM LEAVES TO CHERISH MEMORIES TO HIS CHILDREN, JEROME WINSTON(AMELIA), ASHLEY TAYLOR, BRIANNA WINSTON; GRANDSONS, MAKORI HARRIS, AMELIYON WOODSON, AVIEYON WINSTON; CARING PARENTS, ROSA MARY LEWIS WINSTON AND WILLIAM WINSTON SR.; TWO BROTHERS, WILLIAM WINSTON JR., AND ROBERT DOMINIQUE LEWIS; SISTER, PAMELA DENEEN WINSTON; A VERY CLOSE DEVOTED LONG-TIME FRIEND FREDERICA RICKS “WINSTON”; ALSO A VERY GOOD FRIEND “BOSS MAN” JIMMY GRINDSTAFF AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, GREAT-NIECES, GREAT NEPHEWS, AUNTS, UNCLES, MANY COUSINS, OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.