Margaret (Hayes) Dotson

Mrs. Margaret Hayes Dotson, age 85 of Wilkes County passed away Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at Memory Care of the Triad.

Funeral services will be held 1:00 PM Saturday, December 7, 2019 at Reins-Sturdivant Chapel.  Burial will be in Lewis Baptist Church Cemetery.  The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 PM Friday evening at Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home.  Family and friends welcome before and after the service at the family farm.

Mrs. Dotson was born July 29, 1934 in Wilkes County to Robert Doughton and Gena Souther Hayes.  She was a care giver for all of her family, an avid reader and loved the outdoors.  She retired from Thomasville Furniture in the cabinet department.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

She is survived by two daughters; Wanda Dotson, Dino of Bluffton, SC and Donna Wicker, Bruce of Reidsville, three grandchildren; Courtney Jansen and husband Stephen, Logan Nichols and Hayden Wicker, two great grandchildren;  Porter Jansen and Hadley Jansen, four sisters; Sylvia Boles of Winston-Salem, Joan Dotson of North Wilkesboro, Jane Brooks of Salisbury, Jewel “Judy” Sheppard of Mt. Gilead and six brothers; Edgar Hayes of Swartz Creek, MI, Harley “Sonny” Hayes of Salisbury, Robert “Chick” Hayes of North Wilkesboro, Gerald Hayes of Statesville, David Hayes of North Wilkesboro and Douglas Hayes of North Wilkesboro

Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Hospice of Greensboro, 2500 Summit Ave. Greensboro, NC 27405

Online condolences may be made at www.reinssturdivant.com.

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