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Wilma Sorrells

July 26, 1924 — April 13, 2021

Canton

Canton – Wilma Bonnie Conard Sorrells, 96, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at her residence surrounded by her family.

Wilma was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and a daughter of the late Glenn and Bertha Morrow Conard.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, J. R. Sorrells, who died in 2006 and many brothers and sisters.  Wilma loved all her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.  She was an avid gardener and love to preserve her vegetables.

She is survived by a daughter, Dorothy “Dottie” Lee Morgan of Canton; two sons, Vaughn Wesley Sorrells (Janie) and Michael Monroe Sorrells (Donna) all of Canton; six grandchildren, Jeff, Steve, Dusty, and Cody Sorrells, Denny Trantham and Laura Bradshaw; ten great-grandchildren and one brother, Cecil Conard in Scottsboro, Alabama.

A graveside service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, April 16, 2021 at Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery with the Reverend Eric Hill and Reverend J. D. Grant officiating.  Wilma will lie in state from 10:00 until 11:30 a.m. prior to the service at Wells Funeral Home of Canton.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Haywood Hospice, 13 Haywood Office Park, Suite 107, Waynesville, NC  28786 or to one’s favorite charity.

The care of Mrs. Sorrells has been entrusted to Wells Funeral Homes of Canton and an online memorial register is available at “Obituaries” at www.wellsfuneralhome.com

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Friday, April 16, 2021

Starts at 1:00 pm (Eastern time)

Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery

39 Robinson Rd, Clyde, NC 28721

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