In Memory of Pastor Fred Winters
First Lady Cindy Winters shows strength and dignity as she eulogizes her husband, Pastor Fred Winters. Rev. Fred Winters, who was shot dead in his church while delivering his Sunday sermon, at his funeral, at First Baptist Church in Maryville, Ill., on Mar. 8th. "On Sunday, my husband did not die .... He just simply got a promotion," Cindy Winters said in her eulogy. The man who shot Rev. Winters had a history of mental illness.
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This 2001 photo shows Rev. Fred Winters in front of the First Baptist Church in Maryville, Ill. A gunman walked down the aisle of the church on Sunday, March 8, 2009 during a Sunday service and killed pastor Winters, then stabbed himself and slashed two other people as congregants wrestled him to the ground, authorities said.
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Mourners enter Metro Community Church for a prayer service Sunday, March 8, 2009, in Edwardsville, Ill.
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This booking photo combination released by the Madison County Sheriff's Department in Edwardsville, Ill., on Friday, March 13, 2009, shows Terry Sedlacek, 27, of Troy, Ill. Sedlacek is charged with gunning down the Rev. Fred Winters at First Baptist Church in Maryville, Ill.
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A casket is wheeled out of the sanctuary at the end of a memorial service for slain Pastor Fred Winters at First Baptist Church, Friday, March 13, 2009, in Maryville, Ill.
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Pastor Fred Winters and First Lady Cindy Winters and their daughters.
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