Ryan Winslow

age 19, of Hoover, Alabama, passed away on April 15, 2006. He was born in Birmingham, AL on January 13, 1987, and attended Hoover High School and Jefferson State Community College. Ryan was a member of Shades Crest Baptist Church. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in January 2005 and was killed while conducting combat operations with the 2nd Tank Battalion, Scout Platoon, in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was predeceased in death by his grandparents; Raymond and Annie L. Bailey and Raymond and Sara Winslow; and an uncle Roger Winslow. He is suvived by his parents, George A. and Marynell B. Winslow of Hoover, AL; a sister, Kristen B. Winslow of Hoover, AL; an aunt; Ellen B. Norton of Weaver, AL; an Uncle, Raymond A. Winslow, Jr of Hertford, NC; and cousins, Dale Norton of Weaver, AL, and Nicholas and Dallas Winslow of Hertford, NC. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, April 26, 2006, from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., at Currie-Jefferson Funeral Home, Hwy 150, Hoover. Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, April 27, 2006, at 11:00 a.m. at Shades Crest Baptist Church, 452 Park Avenue in Hoover, AL, with Dennis Foust officiating. Interment will be in Jefferson Memorial Gardens, South. In lieu of flowers, the family request memorials be made to: USO of North Carolina, Wounded Warriors Program, 9 Tall Man Street, Jacksonville, NC 28540. Currie-Jefferson Funeral Home directing.