Monday, November 11, 2019 6:49 pm

ROCKY MOUNT - Sylvia Gay Winstead, age 81, passed away on Thursday, November 7, 2019. Born in Halifax County on November 10, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Worth Bagley Gay and Helen Askew Gay. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Buddy Gay; sisters, Helen Gay Mosely, Jewel Gay Whitley, Patricia Gay Nethery, and Margaret Morris; and brothers-in-law, Donald Lee Mosley, H. Mack Nethery, Jr., and Carlton Morris.

Survivors include her sons, Stephen Bryan Winstead of Nashville, Carroll "Monte" Valmonte Winstead and wife, Sheila, of Newport, and Benjamin "Ben" Shawn Winstead of Rocky Mount; one grandchild; brother-in-law, Earl Frank Whitley; and many nieces and nephews.

Services willl be held Friday, November 15, 2019 at 6 p.m. in the Chapel of Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services. Visitation with the family will be from 5:00 - 5:45 p.m. prior to the service in the Atrium of Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home.