Obituaries

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12:27 pm Monday, August 15, 2016

Ronnie Ellis Wilkins

Ronnie Ellis Wilkins, 78, passed away Aug. 9 at Dogwood Plantation, Fulton, Miss. He was born in Florida and was a dairy farmer.

Services were held Aug. 10 at 4:30 p.m. at Deaton Funeral Home Chapel, Red Bay, with Bro. Josh Westmoreland officiating. Burial was in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Golden, Miss.

Survivors are three sons, Jeffery Wilkins, Jonathan Wilkins and Leon Wilkins; several grandchildren; two sisters, Mary Owens, Moulton, and Sherry Rockwell and husband Vernon, Red Bay; two brothers, Ricky Wilkins and wife Jennifer, Collinsville, and Randy Wilkins and wife Ann, Red Bay; and niece and caregiver, Catherine Ramirez, Red Bay.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Ellis Leon Wilkins and May Dell Waldrep Wilkins.

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