Winkler seeking clean start at new job
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Winkler has been working at Cleaners Express since Monday and business owner Matt Hash has nothing but positive comments about the temporary arrangement.
?It?s been very cordial,? Hash said Wednesday morning. ?She?s had a lot of people come in to visit her, but I haven?t heard the first negative thing. They?re coming in to see Mary, not to talk about her case.?
The case against Winkler is a first-degree murder charge for the shooting death of her husband, preacher Matthew Winkler, in Selmer, Tenn. Prosecutors say Winkler used a 12-gauge shotgun to kill her husband while he was asleep.
Winkler had been at McNairy County Jail until last Tuesday when she made $750,000 bond. As conditions of her bond, she must live in Warren County and work at Cleaners Express until her Oct. 30 trial.
?She fits in well just like any other employee,? said Hash, who indicated the charges against Winkler aren?t mentioned at work. ?That?s none of my business. We do not know the details surrounding her present criminal charges. We do know she enjoyed an extremely fine reputation here in Warren County and as we needed an additional employee and Mary needed employment, we agreed to hire her.?
Winkler greets customers, works the cash register and performs other regular duties associated with the dry cleaning business.
The Winklers lived in Warren County for nearly three years while Matthew was youth minister at Central Church of Christ. They moved to Selmer about a year before his murder so he could become a full-time minister at Fourth Street Church of Christ.
Despite the serious charges against her, Hash says Winkler has not appeared depressed at work.
?She laughs and cuts up,? he said. ?We stay too busy for her to mope around.?