Frankie Wynette Dockins

Franklin, NC - Frankie Wynette Dockins, age 93, of Ivy Hills Terrace, Franklin, NC passed away Sunday, December 20, 2009 at a local nursing home. She was born in Augusta, GA, the daughter of Frank and Jeanette Murray Wheatley. She was married to the late Clayton Mitchell Dockins who passed away February 20, 1968. She was a former LPN and was a homemaker. She belonged to several Senior Citizens and Church Clubs. She was a member of the Pink Ladies Auxiliary of the University Hospital of Augusta, GA. She attended The Church of the Good Shepherd in Augusta, GA. When she moved to Aiken, SC to be near her sister, Sara W. Johnson, she attended First Baptist Church in Aiken, SC and continued her work at University Hospital in Augusta, GA. When she retired, she moved to Cordele, GA, to live near her daughter, Dean and was a member of Crisp County Regional Hospital Auxiliary and many Senior Citizens and Church Clubs as well as attended Pine Crest Baptist Church.

She is survived by two daughters, Dean Dockins Stodghill and her husband, Richard of Franklin, NC and Beth Dockins Howell and her husband, William of Stratham, NH; one sister, Sarah Wheatley Johnson of Hiawassee, GA; one grandaughter, Rebecca Dean Howell of Stratham, NH; two nieces, Nancy Johnson Stahl and her husband, Leonard and Sherry Wheatley Sacino and husband, Ron of Pass-a-Grille Beach, FL; two nephews, Tony Wheatley and his wife, Linda of Las Vegas, NV and Dale Wheatley and of DeBary, FL.

Graveside services will be held Wednesday, December 30 at 2:00PM at Westover Memorial Park in Augusta, GA with The Rev. Robert Fain officiating.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to the American Cancer Society, PO Box 1648, Franklin, NC 28744.

Bryant-Grant Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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