Paula Marie “Sunshine” Morace Winter

Paula Marie “Sunshine” Morace Winter, 50, a native of Alexandria and resident of Houma, died Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Chauvin Funeral Home. Graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Ball. She is survived by her father and stepmother, Pete Morace and Karen Morace of Houma; her companion, Donald Jewell of Houma; four sons, Duane Pellegrin of Lafayette, Ben Pellegrin of Houston, Wayne Winter Jr. and wife, Sandy, and Jesse Winter of Houma; one daughter, Kathy Winter of Chackbay; two sisters, Kathy Morace and Theresa Oden of Alabama; and 14 grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Thomas; her mother, Doris Dupuy Morace; and one brother, Henry David Morace. She was a hot-shot driver.