Dorothy Dean Wilkinson

Highlands, NC - Dorothy Dean Wilkinson, age 88, of North Fifth Street, Highlands, NC passed away Tuesday, August 3, 2010, in 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 First Baptist Church in Valdosta, GA where she was very active and volunteered in the kitchen and was a member of Amarryllis Garden Club in Valdosta, GA.

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

A graveside service will be held at a later date in Valdosta, GA.

Bryant-Grant Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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