Mr. Donald Wilkins

Ward Wilson Funeral Home and Crematory

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Posted by: Ward Wilson
Date: Sep 03 2016 1:00 PM

Mr. Donald Trafford Wilkins, of Dothan, passed away Friday, September 2, 2016. He was 101.

               

Born May 6, 1915 in Michigan to the late Trafford and Dora Lindsey Wilkins, Mr. Wilkins was a member of Cloverdale Baptist Church. He served his country in the United States Army in the European Theater and was the last surviving member of the 452^nd Quartermasters. He was an avid golfer and played his last game at the age of 97.

 

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Bernice Newkirk Wilkins; two brothers and one sister.

 

Survivors include his wife, Ellen Ewell Settle; his step-sons, David Blake Fisher (Shelly) and Randall Roy Fisher (Dana), his nephews, Chalmer Wilkins (Linda) and Stewart Wilkins; his step-grandchildren, Heather Leigh-Anne Stupka (Floyd), Maxmilian Fisher, and Alyssa Lauren Fisher.

 

Funeral services will be held at 5 PM, Monday, September 5, 2016 at Cloverdale Baptist Church with Dr. Ray McKenzie officiating. The family will receive friends from 4 PM until 5 PM one hour prior to the service. Burial will be held at 10 AM, Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at Memory Hill Cemetery with Ward Wilson Funeral Home directing.

 

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made to American Cancer Society at www.cancer.org or American Heart Association at www.heart.org

 

Ward Wilson Memory Hill Funeral Home Cemetery and Crematory

2414 Hartford Highway

Dothan, Alabama 36305

334-792-4194

 

www.wardwilson.com

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