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Doris
Wilkins
Nov 22, 1931 — Feb 12, 2024
Mrs. Doris Elizabeth Windom Wilkins age 92, of Carrollton, Georgia passed away on Monday, February 12, 2024.
Mrs. Wilkins was born on November 22,1931 in Mt. Zion, Georgia the daughter of the late William Clarence Windom and Katrina Wood Windom. She grew up on a farm and was a 1948 graduate of Mt. Zion High School. Following high school, she attended business classes in Carrollton where she often had to catch a ride into town. She was a true public servant and loved her career where she was the Chief Deputy Clerk for Carroll County Superior Courts for 58 years. She served under three different Clerks of Court and served as an interim Clerk at one point. One of her greatest passions was Art and watercolor painting. She was a part of the original "Off the Square" art show in Carrollton and studied under Tom Powers and later Ralph Van Pelt. She enjoyed the art class at Tabernacle Baptist Church for many of the last several years where she was also a church member. She was an avid reader of all types of fiction and non-fiction, completing many books per month.
Survivors include her sons, David Wilkins, Phil (LaJuana) Wilkins; grandchildren, Kaela (Jeremiah) Williams, Kevin Wilkins; identical twin great grandchildren, Ezra Williams and Cohen Williams; sisters, Nancy Anderson and Susan (Harrison) Cain. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Hoke "Red" Smith Wilkins, Jr.; sister, Bonnie Fielder and brother Larry Windom.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, February 15, 2024 at 2 pm from the chapel of Almon Funeral Home with Rev. Harrison Cain and Rev. Mary Lou Grimmett officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 12 noon until the service hour.
Pallbearers will be Greg Fielder, Tim Gammon, Chris Gammon, Ron Anderson, Ryan Windom and Tim Tucker.
Interment will be in Carroll Memory Gardens.
Messages of condolence can be expressed to the family online at www.almonfuneralhome.com.
In the giving spirit of Doris, the family requests donations to the Carrollton City Schools Education Foundation earmarked for art education or to the charity of your choice in lieu of flowers.
Almon Funeral Home of Carrollton, Georgia has charge of arrangements.
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