Martha "Dora" Gaskins

Martha "Dora" Thomas Gaskins, 74, of Bonneau, retired employee of Winn Dixie, died Sunday in a Charleston hospital.

Mrs. Gaskins was born October 4, 1934, in Berkeley County, the daughter of Alfred Edward Thomas and Mary Jane Shuler Thomas. Dora was a loving mother and grandmother.

Surviving are two sons - Leland Curtis Gaskins and his wife, Beth, of Huger; and Boyce Danny Gaskins of Macedonia; two daughters - Hollie J. Wilcher and her husband, Wendell, of Palestine, TX; and Christy G. Denny of Kingsland, GA; two brothers - Joe Thomas and his wife, Pauline, of Cleveland, TN; and Charlie Thomas and his wife, Mary, of Bonneau; three sisters - Rose Harris and her husband, Keith, of St. Stephen; Ida Hilton and her husband, Tommy, of Houston, TX; and Shirley Gaskins of Huger; a grandson - Kenneth M. Denny; three granddaughters - Amber J. Fox; Chelsea E. Gaskins; and Milessa M. Wilcher; five great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends at RUSSELL FUNERAL CHAPEL, Moncks Corner from 6 until 8 p.m. Tuesday, and at Providence Baptist Church for an hour prior to her funeral service at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning. Interment will follow in Eccles Methodist Cemetery.