Dorothy Pilkington
Dorothy Pilkington
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A visitation will be held on Friday, December 26, 2025, at 1:00 PM at Bolton Funeral Home. A funeral service will follow at 2:00 PM. Rev. Virgil Shaner is presiding. She will be laid to rest in Brasher Cemetery, in Sterrett, Alabama.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Jerome; Her two sons, Daniel and James; her granddaughter, Arielle; her three sisters, Earlene, Kat, and Dannie; and her two brothers, Marvin and Buddy.
She is survived by her two daughters, Teresa (Virgil) Shaner, and Lisa (Tim) Spainhoward; her son, Jerry; her two grandchildren; her six great-grandchildren; her sisters, Etta and Etheline; her brother Calvin; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Please sign online condolences at www.boltonfuneralhome.com.
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