COLUMBIA - A memorial service for Linda Sue Bradley “Nana” Wilkins, 73, will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, June 20, 2014, at Ashland United Methodist Church, 2600 Ashland Rd., Columbia. The family will receive friends Thursday from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel.
Mrs. Wilkins died on Friday June 13, 2014 after a brief illness. Born in Columbia, she was the youngest daughter of Doris Parks Bradley and Ralph Caldwell Bradley. She grew up in Olympia and Shandon and was a proud graduate of Dreher High School and the University of South Carolina and was a member of the marching band at both schools.
Linda was a secretary to former governor Robert E. McNair and former U.S. Senator “Fritz” Hollings and was a long-time secretary for the sales department at WIS-TV. Mrs. Wilkins was a member of the Columbia Sailing Club Ladies Auxiliary and was the recipient of the club’s1990 Outstanding Service Award.
Her grandchildren were her pride and joy and she whole-heartedly supported them in all of their endeavors. She was a loving aunt to many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews and had an innate ability to make and keep good friends and make people feel special.
She was married to the late Eddie Wilkins (Edward B. Wilkins III) for nearly 50 years and is survived by her son, Edward B. “Ed” Wilkins IV and his wife, Lisa and their children, Jenny and Chris; an older sister, Jan Phillips (James); brother, Ralph “Butch” Bradley (Sandy), as well as a brother-in-law, Robert Blease. She was preceded in death by a sister, Martha Blease.
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