Mrs. Linda Wilkes

Bulloch County- Linda Fanning Wilkes, age 62 died Friday afternoon at East Georgia Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Wilkes was a long-time resident of Bulloch County and worked as a 911 dispatcher for Bryan County for over 26 years. She loved to fish, was a member of Believer's Church in Statesboro and was preceded in death by her husband of 42 years, Buddy Wilkes.

Survivors include her son Robert Allen Wilkes of Bulloch County; daughter and son-in-law Darlene and Aaron Barnard of Bulloch County; brother Johnny Fanning of Groveland; sisters Betty Hughes and Mary Cowart, both of Claxton; five grandchildren Candi Carroll, Christy Daley, Brandon Conder, Dakota Wilkes and Michelle Wilkes and three great grandchildren Matthew Fordham, MacKenzy Fail and Nathan Albaugh.

Visitation will be held 6-9 P.M. Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at the funeral home. Funeral services will be held 11 A.M. Wednesday, May 15, 2013 in the chapel of Flanders Morrison Funeral Home with Pastor Scott Moore officiating. Flandersmorrisonfuneralhome.com

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