Gladerine Wilder Dean, age 99, of Southern Pines, North Carolina, passed on August 5, 2023 Westfield Rehabilitation & Health Center in Sanford, North Carolina.
A funeral service will be held 11:00 AM on August 14, 2023 at Boles Funeral Home, 425 Pennsylvania Avenue, Southern Pines, North Carolina 28387 with Rev. Wanda Hunt officiating. Burial will follow in Pinelawn Memorial Park, 1105 Morgantown Road, Southern Pines, North Carolina 28387.
Gladerine Wilder Dean was born December 1, 1923 in Zebulon, North Carolina; to the late Darius & Erma Wilder of Emit, North Carolina. She had twenty-eight years as an Air Force family and volunteered in many social and political activities within Moore County. Gladerine Wilder Dean is survived by her four sons; Norman Graham Dean III (wife Alice), Bobby Wrenn Dean (wife Mary), William Darius Dean, Gordon Wayne Dean (wife Kathy), 5 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren & 1 due in September. Gladerine Wilder Dean was preceded in death by her husband, Norman Graham Dean II, Darius & Erma Wilder (father & mother), LaRue Kelly & Frances (Frankie) Boyles (sisters), Hollie Dean (daughter-n-law).
A visitation will be held prior to funeral on August 14, 2023 from 10:00-11:00 AM at Boles Funeral Home, 425 W. Pennsylvania Avenue, Southern Pines, NC.
Flowers are appreciated but memorial donations can be made in memory of Gladerine W Dean to the Sandhills Moore Coalition for Human Services, 1500 W Indiana Avenue, Southern Pines, NC 28387 or sandhillscoalition.org.
Online condolences may be made at www.BolesFuneralHome.com
Services are entrusted to Boles Funeral Home of Southern Pines.
