Frances Gillis Dinkins

Mrs. Frances Gillis Dinkins died Saturday, October 3, 2015 in FirstHealth Hospital-Hoke Campus at the age of 90. Mrs. Dinkins was born in Fayetteville on September 20, 1925 to the late William and Carrie Belle Bethea Gillis. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frederic "Fred" R. Dinkins and her sons, Williams Frederick "Rick" Dinkins, John Gillis Dinkins, her brother, Eugene "Gene" Gillis. She was a member of Galatia Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Dinkins was a graduate of Montreat Anderson Jr College and Flora Macdonald College in Red Springs. She received her masters degree from Union Seminary in Richmond, VA. Mrs. Dinkins taught at Thornville Orphanage in Clinton, SC. After marrying her husband, Fred, they moved to Brazil where they served as missionaries for thirty-five and a half years. She is survived by her daughter, Mary Ruth Dinkins of Fayetteville; her brothers, Bill Gillis and his wife Grace of Fayetteville, Johnny Gillis and his wife, Barbara of Fayetteville; her daughter-in-law, Mary Adams Dinkins of Mebane; two step-granddaughters, Wendy Ray and Candida Nance; five step-great grandchildren. The family will receive friends, at 1:30 p.m. until 3:00p.m. on Tuesday, October 6, 2015 in the parlor at Galatia Presbyterian Church. Funeral services will begin in the sanctuary of the church at 3:00 p.m. with the Reverend Sanders Read and Evangelist Trinidad Martinez Solis. Burial will be in the church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: Christian Education Department of the Edward Lane Bible Institute (IBEL) C/O Galatia Presbyterian Church, 8800 Galatia Church Rd, Fayetteville, NC 28304.

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