On November 24, 1914, the Briggs family who lived near the town of Paris, Texas, celebrated Thanksgiving with a special blessing-a healthy baby girl to whom they gave the pretty name of Winnie Corrine. Winnie grew up as the middle child of a close family who spent their days working on their farm and keeping body and soul together during those depression days. But love brightens the darkest of days and love came to Winnie when her church held evangelistic meetings and a handsome young man came to lead the singing. While singing wasn’t one of Winnie’s talents, you can be sure she was on time for the song services. The young man was Eugene Payton Peek and we guess he did all right leading the songs even if he couldn't keep his eyes off Winnie. Singing evangelists don’t make much money so the young couple couldn’t rent the church, but instead were married on the steps of the church. But that didn’t matter, they were happy. When their little boy Norman was two years old and his sister was a baby, the family moved to Oklahoma and while they were living there, they attended meetings held by W. D. Frazee who later established the Wildwood Sanitarium. Eugene and Winnie realized that the doctrines Elder Frazee taught from the Bible were true and they became members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The family eventually moved to a farming community in Utah. All their neighbors were either Mormons or SDAs and were mostly related to each other. Always fast in whatever she did, Winnie soon became known as the fastest beet topper around. It was in Utah that their third child, Leon, was born. In 1951, Winnie and Eugene moved to the Little Creek School in order to give their children a Christian Education. There Winnie became their cook and since Little Creek students settled in various places, she was known around the world for her cooking-especially those sweet rolls! No homecoming would be complete without them. Though she was 94 years old, she helped make them for last fall’s homecoming. The 2010 homecoming will not be the same. So at 95years of age, with her mind alert, she’s gone to her rest, leaving the rest of us to take up the torch and remember the things she taught us.