Sadie Wineburg

Sadie was born January 28, 1941 in Independence, LA, but raised in New Orleans, LA as the second child to the late Clide Rankins and Olivia Woolridge Spears.  She was a 1955 graduate of Booker T. Washington Sr. High School. She began her career in the medical field in the ER as a ER Technician and later becoming the unit secretary of the ER at Mercy Hospital of which she acquired almost 40 years of service.

She married Charles Wineburg and reside in Loreauville, Louisiana. She was employed at Walmart as a "Door Greeter, but soon retired.  Nonetheless, Sadie would not stop there as she served as a volunteer for St. Francis Diner for at least 10 years where she loved to serve the community.

Sadie was a devoted member of Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church #1, including the Sanctuary choir, Sunday school, and many other church activities.  On any given day, you could find her with her "green thumb" in either her vegetable or flower garden around her home.  To her family, she was a problem-solver who often took on difficult/unwanted projects. She loved to read, do challenging crossword puzzles as well as being the champ of dominoes and a card game of "Spades.

She leaves to cherish her memories, two daughters: Kim V. Gibson (Kennie); Nicole Gibson (Gerald) and four stepsons:  Carl Peter Wineburg (Conchetta); Clarence Paul Wineburg (Paulette); John Michael Wineburg (Ruth); and Robert Van Wineburg (Lisa); one stepdaughter:  Arlene Wineburg Nash (James, Sr.). Four grandchildren:  Richard and Shalon Polite, Saadiya and Sage Hood, and seven step grandchildren: James (JJ), Jamal, Ariel, Ashley, Devin, Jeffrey, Trevis, Tiffany, Tre and Blake.  Two sisters: Donna Watson and Janie Landrum (New Orleans, LA), and one brother Huey Young (Hartford, CT) as well as a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

She was proceeded in death by her parents, her husband the late Charles Wineburg, former husband Leonard Gibson, one daughter Antionette Lynn Gibson, two sisters Mary Rankins Jenkins and Barbara Young Jefferson.

She will be truly missed by all who knew her.

Final arrangements have been entrusted to MK Dixon Funeral Home, 337-940-9253, 211 Main Street, Baldwin, LA 70514.