Douglas H. Wilkinson

MULLINS | Douglas Holmes Wilkinson, formerly of Richmond, Ky., died Wednesday, June 25, 2003.

He was born Nov. 17, 1941, a son of the late Edwin Holmes Wilkinson and Marion Douglas Wilkinson.

He attended the University of Kentucky in 1965, receiving a degree in business. He proudly retired from The American Tobacco Co. after 35 years of service.

Survivors include his wife, Debra McIntyre Wilkinson; his children, Patrick Holmes Wilkinson and his wife, Sherri, of Aynor, Mark Douglas Wilkinson and his wife, Traci, of Inman, Laura Ann Wilkinson of Conway and Brandon Chad Richardson of Marion; his grandchildren, Ricky Wilkinson, Ryan Wilkinson, Rachel Wilkinson, Sierra Wilkinson, Alyson Wilkinson and Baker Richardson; his sisters, Susan W. Whittaker and her husband, Benny, of Richmond and Nancy W. Long and her husband, William, of Richmond; his aunts, Helen W. Buchanan and Nancy Wilkinson, both of Kembridge, Va.; his mother-in-law, Dorothy S. McIntyre of Marion; and many special nieces and nephews.

He loved life, his family, his extended family and friends, a good story, golf, traveling and University of Kentucky basketball. He was a member and past president of Pineland Country Club, a member and past president of Mullins Cotillion Club and a Kentucky Colonel.

The funeral will be at 5 p.m. today at Cox-Collins Funeral Home in Mullins. Entombment will be in Red Hill Memorial Gardens Mausoleum.

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Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 950 48th Ave. N., Myrtle Beach, SC 29577 or Marion Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 186, Marion, SC 29571 or to Mullins Presbyterian Church, 809 Sandy Bluff Road, Mullins, SC 29574.