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This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, Estelle Cates Wilkins, 65 years old, born on February 7, 1935, and passed away on September 23, 2000. We will remember her forever.
September 27, 2021
September 27, 2021
(Fauneil.....our moms real first name, but she never used it. The story I heard is when she was born, the doctor didn't know how to spell her first name, so he just put down Fannie Estelle! Estelle hated Fannie even more which is why she just told folks she had no middle name. There ya go; except I probably got it all wrong. 
Our mom had a rough life from start to finish. She was the oldest of 19 total kids. She quit school at 7 I think. Not because she just didn't like it (but she didn't), but because 1) she was needed at home & 2) the other kids made fun of her chewing tobacco. . Still you couldn't find a better woman who just made most people feel happy if they sat and talked. Estelle would have been 86 this year. As much as we her children, and the rest of her family wish she was still with us, I'm thinking she wouldn't like being 86. Love you Mama! ❤️
Sure wish Avery could have known you.
January 31, 2019
January 31, 2019
We miss you Mamma hoping i'm doing what you would want me to do everyday you were the best mamma and I thank God for putting us together
January 30, 2019
January 30, 2019
This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, Estelle Wilkins . We will remember her forever.She was born February the 7th 1935 she passed away September the 23, 2000 Estelle Cates Wilkins was the oldest of 9 children that lived out of 19 of Jim and Emma Cates she was the rock that held them together. She loved her family and her husbands family Freddy Horace Wilkins who passed away at 36 years old in 1973 Her son Freddy Garland Wilkins shot and killed at the age of 17 in 1978 she always trusted God and had Faith that there was a reason for everything

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September 27, 2021
September 27, 2021
(Fauneil.....our moms real first name, but she never used it. The story I heard is when she was born, the doctor didn't know how to spell her first name, so he just put down Fannie Estelle! Estelle hated Fannie even more which is why she just told folks she had no middle name. There ya go; except I probably got it all wrong. 
Our mom had a rough life from start to finish. She was the oldest of 19 total kids. She quit school at 7 I think. Not because she just didn't like it (but she didn't), but because 1) she was needed at home & 2) the other kids made fun of her chewing tobacco. . Still you couldn't find a better woman who just made most people feel happy if they sat and talked. Estelle would have been 86 this year. As much as we her children, and the rest of her family wish she was still with us, I'm thinking she wouldn't like being 86. Love you Mama! ❤️
Sure wish Avery could have known you.
January 31, 2019
January 31, 2019
We miss you Mamma hoping i'm doing what you would want me to do everyday you were the best mamma and I thank God for putting us together
January 30, 2019
January 30, 2019
This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, Estelle Wilkins . We will remember her forever.She was born February the 7th 1935 she passed away September the 23, 2000 Estelle Cates Wilkins was the oldest of 9 children that lived out of 19 of Jim and Emma Cates she was the rock that held them together. She loved her family and her husbands family Freddy Horace Wilkins who passed away at 36 years old in 1973 Her son Freddy Garland Wilkins shot and killed at the age of 17 in 1978 she always trusted God and had Faith that there was a reason for everything
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