Col. William B. Dillingham

Col. William B. Dillingham

Col. William Burton Dillingham, 80, of Ellerslie, Ga., died Monday, March 31, 2014. Dillingham served in the U.S. Army with the 82nd Airborne,11th Airborne and 173rd Airborne over his 28-year career. After he retired from the Army he worked for Lockheed Martin until 1996. He graduated from Gardner High School in 1951 and from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1955. Survivors include his two sons, Michael Dillingham and wife Charlene and Daniel Dillingham and wife Diane; four grandsons, Ryan and Chase, and Taylor and Chris; and brother-in-law Ed Bryant and wife Linda and their sons, Eric and Greg. Donations in memory of Bill can be made to the Wounded Warrior Project. http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/
Dillingham had a full military service and is at final rest beside his wife Sylvia Dale Dillingham at Hickory Grove Cemetery in Laurel, Miss.