Winfield Hinds Silvernail was born October 28, 1956 in the UNC college town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina where his father was working on his PHD. His father’s work as a college professor took him next to Providence, Rhode Island for a year. Dad then accepted a professorship at USC in Columbia, South Carolina, which Win then considered his home. He continued his life and education there graduating from Lower Richland High School in 1973. After high school, he attended Coker College in Hartsville playing on the basketball team for 4 years where he made many lifelong friends and party people. After college Win joined the Air Force where he spent four years as an x-ray technician. After his time in the military, Win spent sixteen years running the first mobile x-ray truck in the city, basking in the California sun, making friends and enjoying life as he wanted. After his military service and working for some time, he felt he had paid his dues and returned to the south. He did life his way working jobs when he wanted and living life as only he could, finally settling in with his mother back home in SC caring for her and reuniting with his Lower Richland friends. He lived out his life doing his favorite things of online gaming, sporting events and watching ancient aliens and animals in the wild.
Win was preceded in death by his parents Richard George Silvernail and Joan Loveday Silvernail.
Those left to cherish his memory, include his brother Richard (Tammy) Silvernail of Johnsonville, SC; Niece, Kristen (Randall) Swanson, great nephews Jackson Swanson and Nathan Swanson of Columbia SC; Nephew, Adam (Alan) Silvernail of Columbia, SC.
The family will hold a private service at a later date.
A Celebration of Life will be held later for friends.