Andrea Blackstone | 5/7/2021, 6 a.m. Cassandra Wilkins passed away on March 17, 2021. She mentored countless youth in Anne Arundel County. Wilkins inherited her love of community service from her parents WIllie and Rosemary Wilkins. She represents the second generation of women in the community who invested in youth. Wilkins s sister, Ericka Wilkins, still volunteers Courtesy Photo
Rosemary Wilkins set the tone for her perceptive daughters the late Cassandra Wilkins and Ericka Wilkinsâto spread motherly love to youth just as she has faithfully done over the years with her husbandâs support. Rosemaryâs journey to call Annapolis home began around 1957. She and her husband, Willie have been married for 53 years. Before COVID-19 hit, the Wilkinsâs driveway was rarely empty. The door constantly opened and shut as people of all ages walked up a few steps to ring the doorbell and receive a dose of Wilkinsâ love that is rooted in Christianity.