Martin E. Vinson

Funeral services for Martin E. "Gene" Vinson, were held Saturday, December 2, 2006, at Jones Creek Baptist Church with Rev. Donnie Crosswhite officiating. Interment was in the Greenwood Baptist Church Cemetery, Lincoln County. He died Wednesday, November 29, at Doctors Hospital, Augusta.

Mr. Vinson was a native of Lincoln County and had lived in Columbia County for the past 20 years. He was the son of the late Harry N. Vinson and Anna Lu Chastain Vinson. He retired from CSX Railroad after working 20 years as a trainman. He then worked for Winn Dixie on Fury's Ferry Road and retired

after 20 years. He served in the United States Army and attended Jones Creek Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Judy Pittman Vinson of Martinez; three sons, Greg E. Vinson of Williamston, S.C., Jamie Lee Hinton, Greenville, S.C., and Joshua M. Hinton, Greenville, S.C.; two daughters, Tina Cray, Augusta, and Angie Vaughan, Thomson; 10 grandchildren; a sister, Ruth Kortrey, Washington; and two brothers, Terry Alvin Vinson, Belton, S.C., and Jerry A. Vinson, Martinez.

Pallbearers included Ken Davis, Mel Cray, Lee Fernandez Jr., Victor Yannuzzi, Pete Raybon, Rick Pittman, and Craige Pittman.

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