Oprah paid tribute to her father, saying, “Yesterday with the family by his bedside I had the sacred honor of seeing the man responsible for my life, breathed his last.” Shared on Instagram. “We can feel peace entering the room on his passing.”
A tribute written on Oprah’s Daily, Oprah’s lifestyle outlet, said that Oprah was able to spend time with her father in Nashville during her final weeks.
On July 4, Vernon was surprised by the “Vernon Winfrey Appreciation Celebration” and backyard barbecue, where he was surrounded by friends and loved ones.
Oprah said in an earlier post that the celebration was her father’s way of giving her “‘flowers while he’s still old enough to smell them.”
During the celebration, Wintle Phipps, Oprah’s friend and gospel singer, sang for her. “He felt the love and took pleasure in it until he could no longer speak,” she wrote.
Vernon was a well-known barber in his community and served on Metro Nashville Council for 16 years.
Nashville Mayor John Cooper said, “I extend my deepest condolences to the family of Vernon Winfrey. Vernon has served on Metro Council for 16 years and has dedicated his life to entrepreneurship, hairdressing, and mentoring youth in the community.” Gave.” Said on Twitter. “An army veteran and deacon, he has left behind a legacy of service.”
Oprah’s mother Vernita Lee, died in 2018 Lee was born in Mississippi at the age of 83 and gave birth to Winfrey as a young woman. Lee and Vernon never married.