Frank Wallace Dawkins, 83, of Olive Branch, MS passed from this life Tuesday, March 4th at the Methodist Hospital of Germantown. Mr. Dawkins was born in Memphis, November 9, 1930 to the late James R. and Lou Ella Finnerson Dawkins. He was retired from The Southern Company as a Service Manager after 41 years and was a member of Cross Creek Baptist Church in Olive Branch. He is survived by his wife of nearly 64 years, JoAnn Roy Dawkins; 2 daughters, Virginia Ann Parks and Vivian Adell Cook; 3 sons, Wallace, Gary and Glenn Dawkins; 8 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by 3 sisters; Louise, Curtis and Virginia; 2 brothers, Luther and Hugh; and one granddaughter, Brook Dawkins. Services were 10:00 a.m. Friday, March 7th in the T. Carl Rutledge Memorial Chapel of Collierville Funeral Home with burial in the Magnolia Cemetery.
