Dorothy Dean Wilkinson

Dorothy Dean Wilkinson, 88, of Valdosta and Highlands, NC, passed away Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at Highlands Cashiers Hospital. Born in Durham Co., NC, she was the daughter of the late John F. and Ola Knight Dean. She was married to the late Hiram Childrey Wilkinson, Sr. She was a homemaker and loved to sew and garden. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Valdosta, where she was very active and volunteered in the kitchen and was a member of Amaryllis Garden Club in Valdosta.

She is survived by two daughters Greta DeCourcy and husband Richard of Highlands, NC and Sue Wilkinson and husband Albert of Decatur; one son Hiram Wilkinson, Jr. and life partner Mathew Gillen of Highlands, NC; one grandchild Cliff Straughn and wife Brandy of Chattahoochee, FL.; two great grandchildren, Ella Grace Straughn and Emile Ann Straughn of Chattahoochee, FL.

Graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 7, 2010 at Sunset Hill Cemetery with the Rev. Mac Weaver officiating. The family will receive friends on Friday, from 6-8 p.m. at the Carson McLane Funeral home. Condolences to the family may be conveyed online at www.mclanefuneralservices.com. Carson McLane Funeral Home



Funeral Home:
Carson McLane Funeral Home
2215 North Patterson Street
Valdosta, GA
US 31602