Cynthia WInifred "Winnette" Portwood
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1942 Silver Lion
Carrollton High School
Carrollton, Dallas Co., Texas
Faculty - Typing, Shorthand, Bookkeeping

 


BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES:

Cynthia Winifred "Winnette" Portwood was born April 20, 1919 in Denton, Texas to to Hayden B. Portwood and Winifred (Garvey) Portwood.  She attended Texas Women's University, graduating in 1942.  She married in Denton TX at the "Little Chapel-in-the-Woods" to James Good on March 14, 1942.  According to her death certificate, she was divorced so she apparently took back her maiden name.  Cynthia taught Typing, Shorthand, and Bookkeeping at Carrollton High school in 1942. She does not appear in any other yearbooks. At the age of 55, Cynthia was working as a secretary at North Texas State University in Denton, Denton Co., TX.  At 7:00AM on Jan 16, 1975, she slipped in the bath tub and hit her head, which caused her accidental drowning.   She was laid to rest on January 18, 1975 at the Roselawn Memorial Park, Denton, Denton Co., Texas.

Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

 


CYNTHIA WINIFRED
(WINNETTE)
PORTWOOD
1919 - 1975

Roselawn Memorial Park, Denton, Denton County, Texas
 

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