He was also the father of the Mississippi governor William Forrest Winter.
William Aylmer Winter was born on March 22, 1872, in Grenada County, Mississippi.
[2] He went to the private and public schools of Grenada and Tallahatchie counties.
[3] He married schoolteacher Inez Parker on March 2, 1921, in Memphis, Tennessee.
[3][5] Their son and only child, William Forrest Winter, became the governor of Mississippi from 1980 to 1984.