With heartfelt grief, we announce the passing of Elizabeth Anne Stevens Winship on May 24, 2024, at the age of 94.
Elizabeth was born October 20, 1929 in Worcester, MA to John Howard and Annie Betsy Cameron Stevens. She grew up in North Brookfield, MA where she witnessed a bank robbery among other adventures.
She attended Bryn Mawr and then Stanford University where she met the love of her life, Emory Winship V. They married on August 12, 1950, in North Brookfield. She and Emory returned to the San Francisco Bay Area and welcomed their first three children: Tannis Anne, Emory Stevens, and John Duncan Cameron. After an appropriate introduction to South Georgia by being left waiting, sweltering, at the train station, she and Emory settled on St Simons Island where they produced their final child, Douglas Alexander Beauregard.
Having largely raised her children, she resumed her educational career, earned a Master’s in Library Science from Georgia Southern University, and pursued a career in education. Her educational pursuits were emblematic of her lifelong thirst for intellectual enrichment, both of herself and of anyone she encountered. She had a special love for a good book, the Wall Street Journal, and a good bourbon… and a special loathing of aircraft. She would have enjoyed correcting any minor errors in this announcement.
In her final decades, she enjoyed looking over the marshes on Amelia Island, FL and escaping the heat by spending time in Stratham, NH.
She is preceded in death by her husband Emory (1994) and outlived her brothers (John and Duncan), their wives (Betty and Victoria), and two daughters-in-law (Gloria and Vicky). To her amazement there are still people on the planet that survived her and will miss her: her children Tannis Parker (William W), Emory Winship (Johanna), Cameron (Julie), and Douglas (Margaret); eleven grand children; and eleven great grandchildren and counting.
The funeral will be a private service at a later date. In lieu of flowers, please direct donations to either the Brunswick-Glynn County Library or the Nassau County Public Library System.