Grace Louella Dawkins Obituary
We are sad to announce that on January 17, 2023 we had to say goodbye to Grace Louella Dawkins of Sardis, Mississippi, born in Oakland, Mississippi. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Grace Louella Dawkins to show support.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Guy Lamar Thornton and Mary Shields Thornton; her husband Ward Dawkins, Sr.; and her brothers, Edward Thornton, Raymond Thornton and Guy Thornton.
She is survived by: her children, Elizabeth Lynette McDowell (Jimmy) of Sardis and Dr. W. Edwin Dawkins (Mallie Jo) of Oxford; her stepchildren, Billie Jean Ratlif of Memphis, TN, Harold Dawkins (Glenys) of Little Rock, AR, Jerry Dawkins of Sardis, Sue Boyd (Irby) of Atoka, TN, Joan Preslar (Kenny) of San Antonio, TX, Jimmy Dawkins (Rosemary) of Sardis and Tommy Dawkins of Sardis; her sister Dorothy "Dot" Aldridge (James Harold) of Marks; and her granddaughter Harper Elizabeth McDowell.
