Sadye L. Wilborn

WILBORN
SADYE L.
Wife of John W. Wilborn, Jr. slept away on November 7, 2004 at 11:30 am at Southwestern Pennsylvanian Veterans Center on Highland Dr. Born and reared in Knoxville, TN the eighth child of Walter and Maefred Lowery. She attended Knoxville College. The proud mother of the late Harriett L. Bowles, John W. Wilborn, III and the late Princess L. Wilborn. She was the troupe Girl Scout Leader at the Mt. Ararat Baptist Church where she was consecrated as a Deaconess and served many years until ill health curtailed her service. Mrs. Wilborn was inspired to organize and sponsor the Princess L. Wilborn Memorial Foundation, Inc. to raise constributions for funds which were donated to the Howard University Sickle Cell Research Center in Washington, DC. She was elected into the Pittsburgh Club of the National Assoc. of Negro Business and Professional Womens Club, Inc., Pgh., Chapter. She retired as a social worker for the State Dept. of Welfare. She leaves to cherish her memory her devoted husband John W. Wilborn, Jr.; son John W. Wilborn, III; grandson, Keta W. Bowles, Wilmington, DE; nieces Doris Dixson, Knoxville, TN, Georgene Pratt, Clinton, MD, Melody L. Walcott, Esq., Fresno, CA and Bertie of MI; other nieces and nephews; two sisters-in-law, Dorothy and C. Pauline Lowery; many cousins, other relatives and friends. Visitation Thursday, 2-4 and 7-9 pm at SPRIGGS-WATSON FUNERAL HOME, INC., 720 N. Lang Avenue, E.E. and Friday at the Mt. Ararat Baptist Church, 271 Paulson Ave. 2-9 pm. Funeral service Sat., 11 am. Interment, Homewood Cemetery.
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