Mr. Bobby Dean Wilkie, 72, departed this life on Tuesday, February 23, 2016. Born in Forest City, North Carolina, he was a son of the late J. T. and Mary Sue Wilkie.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Bertha Lee Wilkie; son, Joseph Holmes; sisters, Rosa Mae Jones and Shirley Ann Wilkie and brothers, James Henry Wilkie and Clemon Wilkie.
Surviving; daughters, Aretha (Melvin) Grover of Mauldin and Nicole Wakefield of Charlotte, NC; sons, Raymond Durham of the home and Minister Leon (Monica) Durham of Greenville; sister, Annie Wilkie of Forest City, NC; brother, J. T. “Bud” Wilkie, Jr. of Forest City, NC; daughter-in-law, Carol Holmes of Greenville; sisters-in-law, Annie Sales and Elder Cora (Walter) Rabb, both of Greenville; brothers-in-law, Orscelar (Stella) Jackson, Joseph Jackson, Pastor Leroy (Wilma) Jackson and George Jackson, all of Greenville; twelve grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and a host of other relatives and friends