ROCKINGHAM: Mrs. Lena Wilkes Dutton, 89, of 366 Airport Rd., Rockingham, died Wednesday, March 24, 2010 in Britthaven of Hamlet.
Funeral Services will be conducted at 1:00 PM on Saturday, March 27, in the East Rockingham Free Will Baptist Church with Pastor Larry Brown and Reverend Mitchell Roller officiating. Interment will be private.
A lifelong resident of Richmond County, Mrs. Dutton was born on May 8, 1920 to the late George and Rosa Currie Wilkes. She married Lewis Alexander Dutton on October 26, 1940 and spent most of her career working in textiles at Aleo Manufacturing, but for a time also worked a turkey farm with her husband. A lifelong member of East Rockingham Freewill Baptist Church, she was very involved in Sunday School, the Ladies Auxilary, and the Nursing Home Ministry. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Lewis a Dutton, Jr., two brothers, George Junior Wilkes and Jess Currie, two sisters, Allie White and Hazel Hyatt, and a son-in-law, Austin Carter.
She is survived by her husband of 69 years, Lewis A. Dutton of the home; two sons, Eddie Dutton and wife Darlene of Spartanburg, SC, Jerry Dutton and wife Sandra of Havelock; two daughters, Faye Carter of Rockingham, Barbara Ann Britt and husband James 'Pete" of Rockingham; thirteen grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren; and a sister-in-law, Lib Pratt of Hamlet.
The family will receive friends from 12-1:00 PM prior to the service on Saturday at East Rockingham Freewill Baptist Church, and at other times at the home, 366 Airport Rd., Rockingham.