Donnie Wilcox
2021
Donnie Joe Terry Wilcox died on April 27, 2021, age 93. Born in Marietta, she was the eleventh child of John Henry Terry and Sarah Elizabeth Osborne Terry. Donnie graduated in 1945 as Valedictorian of Marietta High School, where she served as editor of the school newspaper. Donnie was the first woman attorney of Cobb County. She received an LLB degree from Woodrow Wilson College of Law in Atlanta in 1948 and joined the Willingham, Cheney, Hicks and Edwards law firm in Marietta. In 1949, she met James (Jim) Gerald Wilcox and they married on June 13, 1953. They had two children, James Gerald (Jerry) Wilcox, Jr. and Wendy Elizabeth Wilcox. The newlyweds served as co-presidents of the PTA of...
