Della Mae Sheets Bowlin

Mrs. Della Mae Sheets Bowlin, age 93, of Millers Creek passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2026. 

Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Tuesday, May 5, 2026, at Reins-Sturdivant Chapel with Chaplain Devin Marlow officiating.  Burial will be in Union Baptist Church Cemetery in Millers Creek.  The family will receive friends from 12:45 until 1:45 PM prior to the service at Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home. 

Della Mae was born July 27, 1932, in Wilkes County to Alonzo and Mary Ann Shepherd Sheets.

She was preceded in death by her husband; Jessie James Bowlin, a daughter; Betty Spears, a sister; O.C. Sheets and six brothers; Norman, Ray, Delmer, Goy, Leford, and Eugene Sheets. 

She is survived by two sons; Tony Bowlin and Larry “Bucky” Bare of Millers Creek, six grandchildren; Zackery James Bowlin, Cindy Higgins, Scott Spears, Dawn Felts, Tasha O'Neil and Shena Stamper, nine great-grandchildren, and a brother; Raymond Sheets of Millers Creek. 

Flowers will be accepted, or memorials may be made to the Humane Society of Wilkes, PO Box 306, North Wilkesboro, NC 28659. 

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

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