{"id":994,"date":"2012-01-28T18:47:17","date_gmt":"2012-01-29T00:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/?p=994"},"modified":"2012-01-30T18:56:50","modified_gmt":"2012-01-31T00:56:50","slug":"edwin-l-wynder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/?p=994","title":{"rendered":"Edwin L. Wynder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Edwin-L.-Wynder1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-997\" title=\"Edwin L. Wynder\" src=\"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Edwin-L.-Wynder1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Wynder, Edwin, L. \u201cRocky\u201d-<\/strong> departed this life on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at his home.\u00a0Mr. Wynder was an U.S. Army Veteran and later retired from TVA as an Accountant.\u00a0Also known to many as one of the greatest saxophonist to ever play the instrument, Rocky was a gentle and humble man.\u00a0He loved music but his greatest passion was his family.\u00a0He was a devoted husband, loving father and grandfather, great friend and a true musician.\u00a0Preceded in death by his parents, Arnetta and Edwin L. Wynder, Sr. and brother, Joseph Wynder.\u00a0 He is survived by a loving wife, Catherine and leaves a legacy with his sons: Larry, Jacksonville, FL, Dwight (Renee), Knoxville, TN, Brian (Cynthia), Atlanta, GA and Michael (Ranae) Wynder, Louisville, KY; grandchildren and great grandchildren; sisters: Mildred Farrow, Tacoma, WA, Bertha Mae Gant and Alice Whitehurst, both of Pensacola, FL; a host of relatives and friends to include special friends: Walter (Marilyn) Spears, Bobby Lane, Cleveland \u201cSonny\u201d (Norma) Drummond, Bishop William ( Tamara) Pankey, Chico Crawford, Keith Brown, Donald Brown, Mark Boling, Tim (Yvonne) Beshea and Brenda Bishop.\u00a0The family will receive friends on Thursday, February 2, 2012 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. with the funeral service to follow at Greater Mount Moriah FBH Church.\u00a0Bishop William Pankey officiating.\u00a0Interment will follow the service at TN State Veterans Cemetery East, John Sevier Highway.\u00a0It will conclude with full military honors and a full dove release. In lieu of flowers, a monetary donation can be made to Praise Temple Holiness Church, 510 Cansler Street, Knoxville, TN\u00a0 37921.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/?p=994\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/wp-content\/plugins\/thumbnail-for-excerpts\/tfe_no_thumb.png\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image tfe\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><p>Wynder, Edwin, L. \u201cRocky\u201d- departed this life on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at his home.\u00a0Mr. Wynder was an U.S. Army Veteran and later retired from TVA as an Accountant.\u00a0Also known to many as one of the greatest saxophonist to ever play the instrument, Rocky was a gentle and humble man.\u00a0He loved music but his greatest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=994"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":998,"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994\/revisions\/998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}