Jill S. Winings, age 78, of Lexington, formerly of Paris, widow of Harold Eugene Winings, to whom she had been married for 52 years at the time of his death, departed this life on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, at the home of her daughter in Lexington, Kentucky surrounded by her loving family. Jill was born on May 3, 1947, in Paris, the daughter of the late William Bernard and Laura Moreland Smits, was a graduate of Paris High School and received her bachelor’s degree from Eastern Kentucky University in Art. Her career started as a high school art teacher which then led to drafting ads where her first boss told her she smiled too much. Once she fulfilled her dream of starting a family, she successfully started her own business of interior design. Among her many talents of creating something out of nothing, she was an accomplished pianist.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Zachary Winings.

Surviving is a daughter, Britney (Jason) Judd; grandchildren, Chase Winings, Reagan Judd, Crosby Judd, and Turner Judd. Also surviving is a brother, Jan Smits; and a sister, Lana Sullivan.

The funeral service for Jill S. Winings will be at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, at Hinton-Turner Funeral Home with Rev. Whit Criswell officiating. Interment will follow in Paris cemetery. Visitation will begin at 12 noon until time for the service.