Mary Nelle (Fain) Winton

September 17, God created someone beautiful, His Jewel and Lady of Class, Mary Nelle Fain Winton, my mother and my best friend, to grace the world with her presence, and on August 5, 2024, at 12:18 pm God choose to call her home, back to Him, and to be reunited with her parents, James P and Pearl Fain.

Leaving to cherish 66 years of memories, her legacy, laughter and most of all her love, Daughter, Marie (Rob) Spencer, and Nana’s boy, Sir Rebel Landrum, SC; Daughters by Love - Dorothy Adkins, Jackie (Leonard) Dial and Deborah Headrick, Knoxville, TN, and Kathy (David) Brown, Jefferson City TN. GodSon - Samuel Howell, Morristown, TN. Granddaughters - Kathryn (Jose) Manzo, Moreno Valley, CA. Shena (Sean) Mintz, Saluda, NC, Jamie (Matthew) Miller, Winchester, KY; Grandson, Timothy Jones Jr, Cerritos, CA. Eleven Grandchildren and one great grandson. Childhood friend - Nancy Olden and family, Sue Pruitt Dandridge, TN and Judy (Jerry) Haney, Newport, TN. Prayer partner and dear friend - Bobbie Jean Rhymer, Forest City, NC. Long time friends - Lin (Hank) Wells, Jacksonville, NC and Linda Johnson, Knoxville, TN, and many, many, many devoted friends from throughout the years and places.

To have known, whom some called “Ms. Mary” made you a better person and you had a true friend.  I will deeply miss my momma; however, I have comfort knowing where my momma is, with Jesus, and that one day of His choosing I will see my momma again.  John 14:3 says – If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.  One day those who know Christ Jesus our Lord will see His face, reflect His love, and know one another even as we ourselves are known.  There’s no capping the peace this gives to me and others who loved my momma for the days ahead.

Rob and I would like to thank the entire family at Fair Haven Forest City, NC for their professionalism, care and love along with her Mercy Church Family, Ahoskie, NC.

The Family will receive friends at McFarland Funeral Home Chapel, 54 McFarland Dr, Tryon, NC, Friday, August 16, 2024, from 6:00pm to 7:00pm, with Celebration of Life Service to follow at 7:00pm.

A Celebration of Life and Living will also be held in her hometown on Saturday, October 12, 2024, from 11:00am to 3:00pm at Field of Dreams Activity Center, 1145 Treadway Dr, Dandridge, TN.

The family can be reached at:

901 Laurelwood Way, Landrum, SC 29356