Varina Dillingham

Blacksburg -- Paulette Fowler Dillingham, 74, of 207 Dillingham Road, passed away Sunday, April 23rd, 2017, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born in Gaffney, she was the widow of John Roland Dillingham and the daughter of the late Paul Fowler and Sarah Varina Vess Fowler. Mrs. Dillingham was a Homemaker and was a member of Freedom Fellowship Baptist Church. Mrs. Dillingham is survived by three sons, Rev. Terrell Dillingham and wife, Lou Ann, of Blacksburg, John Kevin Dillingham and wife, Sandy, of Gaffney, and Dennis Dewayne Dillingham and wife, Debbie, of Blacksburg; and one daughter, Rita Cheryl Gardner and husband, Rev. Joel, of Blacksburg; seven grandchildren, Josh Dillingham, Lacee Dillingham, Joey Gardner, Jennifer Jacobs, Curtis Dillingham, Sara Dillingham, and Matthew Dillingham; and five great-gandchildren, McKenna Dillingham, Malayna Dillingham, Maveric Dillingham, Ella Jacobs, and Sydney Jacobs. She was preceded in death by one brother, Dennis Reginald Fowler. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, April, 25 at Gordon Mortuary from 6:00-7:30 pm. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 26 at 2:00 pm at Gordon Mortuary Chapel, 400 West Cherokee Street, Blacksburg, SC 29702 with Rev. Terrell Dillingham, Rev. Joel Gardner, Rev. Curtis Dillingham, and Rev. Tim Wilkie officiating. Internment will follow at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, 825 Cherokee Falls Road, Blacksburg, SC. Donations may be made to Meals on Wheels, PO Box 1886, Gaffney, SC 29342 or to Freedom Fellowship Baptist Church, 164 Northy Street, Gaffney, SC 29340. The Book of Memories is available at www.gordonmortuary.com.