Helen Burton Spinks

Helen Evelyn Burton Spinks, 92, of Marietta, passed away Tuesday, December 18, 2012, at home. She leaves a legacy of diligence, creativity, fashion, love, and faith. Her passions in life were her faith in Jesus Christ, her family, and China and Oil painting. She and her husband of 74 years, William Andrew Spinks, enjoyed traveling around the world, time at their farm in Louisville, Georgia, watching their great-grandsons play baseball, and their only great-granddaughter swim and “play house”. She was known as “Mimi” to many who considered her a grandmother. Helen was born in Marietta, Georgia, on November 14, 1920, to the late Mary Leola Huddleston and Glover Burton. She has been a member of Roswell Street Baptist Church since it was founded. Helen graduated from Marietta High School as Salutatorian and The Business College of Georgia. She worked for Life of Georgia Insurance Company as an Executive Assistant. She was the past president of the Cobb County Chapter of Business Women’s Association. Helen was an antique dealer and owner of Antique Galleria in Smyrna, Georgia, for twenty five years. She was an artist traveling across the United States and Europe teaching china painting. Her art is displayed in some of the finest homes throughout the southeast. One of the greatest joys in her life was passing down tradition to her family. She is survived by her husband, William Andrew Spinks; her daughter, Patsy Ellen Spinks Dupree and son-in-law, Hylton B. Dupree, Jr.; granddaughters, Helen Kimbrell Dupree Kimbrough and Ellen Spinks Dupree Cook; grandsons- in-law, M. Scott Kimbrough and Lance L. Cook; great-grandchildren, Hylton R. Kimbrough, D. Wood Kimbrough, Lance L. Cook, Jr., Andrew Cook, and MaryElla Dupree Cook; her sister, Wylene Burton Holcombe; brothers-in-law, Grady Holcombe and John DeHoff; and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, December 22, at 11:00 a.m., at Roswell Street Baptist Church with a reception and visitation immediately following in the Vision Center at the church. Contributions can be made to Roswell Street Baptist Church, 774 Roswell Street, Marietta, GA 30060. Mayes Ward-Dobbins Funeral Home & Crematory, Marietta. www.mayeswarddobbins.com

Helen Burton Spinks

November 14, 1920 - December 18, 2012