The Essence of His Life and Spirit

CELEBRATING THE LIFE, THE LOVE, THE WORK AND THE LEGACY
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2545 BENJAMIN E. MAYS DRIVE, SW, ATLANTA, GEoR8iA30311
OFFICIATING
REV. DR. BERNICE W. KIRKLAND , SENIOR PASTOR

DR. WESLEY SAMSON WILBORN WAS
BORN ON jULY 26, 1937 HE WAS BORN TO IsAAc WAYMAN WILBORN
AND MARIE WAYMER WILBORN IN ELLOREE, SouTH CAROLINA. HE FULFILLED THIS LIFE ON fRIDAY,
APRIL 26, 2013.
Marie Wtzymer Wilborn

IN 1976, DR. WILBORN SERVED As PRESIDENT oF THE ATLANTA MEDICAL AssociATION. THE FOLLOWING
YEAR HE SERVED AS CHAIRMAN oF THE BoARD. DR. WILBORN wAs AN EMERITus MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL MEDICAL AssociATION AND AN HONORARY MEMBER oF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY. HE wAs CERTIFIED BY THE AMERICAN BoARD oF DERMATOLOGY, AND AssociATE CLINICAL PROFESSOR OF DERMATOLOGY AT THE EMORY UNIVERSITY ScHOOL oF MEDICINE, ATLANTA GEORGIA.
FROM I 990-2000 DR. WILBORN WAS A DERMATOLOGY CAPTION AGENT FOR UNITED HEALTH CARE OF
GEORGIA, RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTERING ALL DERMATOLOGY CLAIMS AND OVERSEEING DERMATOLOGY PANEL. HE SERVED AS VICE PRESIDENT AND MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF THE GEORGIA DERMATOLOGIC
NETWORK FROM 1994-2003. THIS GROUP FUNCTIONS AS AN ADMINISTRATOR FOR DERMATOLOGIC SERVICES
FOR MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS. HE BELONGED TO NUMEROUS, LOCAL, STATE, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS. HE IS A MEMBER OF THE ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY.
DR. WILBORN WAS THE FIRST BLACK PHYSICIAN TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE ATLANTA DERMATOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. HE WAS ALSO THE FIRST BLACK PHYSICIAN TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT OF THAT ORGANIZATION.
IN 2008, DR. WILBORN RECEIVED THE NAsH CARTER AwARD FROM THE ATLANTA MEDICAL AssociATION. THE MOST RECENT AWARD DR. WILBORN RECEIVED WAS IN jANUARY 2013 FOR 50 YEARS OF SERVICE FROM
THE ATLANTA MEDICAL AssociATION.
A PIONEER, DR. WILBORN LAUNCHED THE FIRST MAINSTREAM SKIN AND HAIR CARE PRODUCT LINE FORMULATED BY A DERMATOLOGIST's TO PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT. HE DEVELOPED A SPECIAL INTEREST
IN DISEASES OF THE HAIR AND SCALP, AND IN 1981 BECAME PRESIDENT AND Co-FOUNDER OF W & W
PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA. HE WAS THE FORMULATOR OF THE ENTIRE LINE OF
X-CEPTION AND X-CEPTIONAL CuRL PRODUCTS. IN 1989 DR. WILBORN FOUNDED DERMATOLOGIST
PRODUCTS LTD. (DPL). THE CREATION OF DPL wAs INSPIRED BY DR. WILBoRN's EXPERIENCES AS A DERMATOLOGIST AS HE FOUND THAT THERE WERE NO PRODUCTS EFFECTIVE ENOUGH TO HEAL THE SKIN
AND SCALP PROBLEMS OF MANY OF HIS PATIENTS.
AuTHOR OF THE CHAPTER ON "DISORDERS OF HAIR GROWTH IN AFRICAN AMERICANs" IN BOOK TITLED DISORDERS OF HAIR GRoWTH: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT BY ELISE A. OLSEN, BOOK PUBLISHED BY
OLSEN AND McGRAw HILL IN 1993. ONE oF DR. WILBORN's MOST OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS HAS BEEN 28 YEARS OF SERVICE AS
A MEMBER oF THE HEALTH FIRST FouNDATION BoARD. HE HAS SERVED AS SEcRETARY OF THE BoARD AND AS TREASURER. THE HEALTH FIRST FouNDATION HAS GIVEN MILLIONS oF DOLLARS To ENHANCE THE HEALTH CARE OF THE CITIZENS OF GEORGIA.

DR. WILBORN MET THE LOVE oF HIS LIFE, MARRILUE R. WILBORN, AT SouTH CAROLINA STATE CoLLEGE.
AFTER GRADUATION THEY WERE UNITED IN HoLY MATRIMONY ON JuNE 5, 1959 FROM THIS UNION THEY ARE
THE PROUD PARENTS oF ONE SoN, WILLIAM WEsLEY WILBORN; DAuGHTER IN LAW, KIRSTEN ERIN WILBORN; ONE GRANDCHILD, BAILEY REED WILBORN. To coNTINUE To CELEBRATE HIS LIFE ARE HIS LOVING SIBLINGS, IsAAc WAYMAN WILBORN JR. (ETHEL); REvERDY WILBORN (HELEN) AND JoEL WILBORN (ANNE); ETHEL
WRIGHT AND SusiE NECKLES; SisTER IN LAW, FLORENCE R. KENNEDY; A HOST OF cousiNS, NIECES AND
NEPHEWS AND LOVING FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES.
WAS A WISE AND DILIGENT WORKER WHO WAS DETERMINED TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO THE MEDICAL FIELD AND COMMUNITY. HE WAS A DEVOTED HUSBAND AND FATHER WHO ENJOYED AND LOVED HIS FAMILY, ATTENDING REUNIONS AND BEING THERE FOR THOSE IN NEED IN HIS VERY SPECIAL WAY. HE RECEIVED GREAT JOY THROUGH WORKING IN HIS "LAB" AND PLAYING GOLF. WESLEY WILL BE GREATLY MISSED AND HIS LEGACY WILL LIVE ON IN MANY WAYS THROUGH ALL OF US. THANK YOU WESLEY.

~ ~~RECEIVED HIS B. S. IN CHEMISTRY FROM
SouTH CAROLINA STATE CoLLEGE IN ORANGEBURG, SouTH CAROLINA IN
1959. HE RECEIVED HIS DocToR oF MEDICINE DEGREE FROM MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE IN I 963.
AFTER SERVING AN INTERNSHIP AT HoMER G. PHILLIPS HosPITAL IN ST. Lours, Mrssouru, DR. WILBORN SPENT TWO YEARS AS A GENERAL MEDICAL OFFICER AND CHIEF oF ANciLLARY SERVICES IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FoRcE, IN ToPEKA, KANsAs.

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PRELUDE GREETING

"THERE's A SWEET SWEET SPIRIT"

MR. ToNY TAYLOR, PIANIST

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KIRKLAND

HYMN OF CELEBRATION

"BLESSED AssuRANCE"

UM HYMNAL #269

ScRIPTUREs
0Ln TEsTAMENT PsALM 23 NEW TESTAMENT RoMANs 8:31-39
PRAYER

MINISTER LYNN M. jACKSON MINISTER LYNN M. jACKSON

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KIRKLAND

CELEBRATION IN SoNG

"GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNEss"

Ms. VALJEAN WILLIAMS

REFLECTIONS (THREE MINUTES PLEASE)

OR. CLYDE LoRD OR. BooKER PoE OR. 0ELUTHA KING OR. LEROY WILSON

CELEBRATION IN SoNG

"ToTAL PRAisE"

HoosiER MAss CHOIR

WoRDs oF CoMFORT

REVEREND IsAAc WILBORN (BROTHER)

MusiCAL REFLECTIONS

''AMAziNG GRACE" "IT IS WELL"
"BECAUSE HE LIVES"

CoMMITTAL AND AcKNOWLEDGEMENTS

w OR. BERNICE

KIRKLAND

REcEssiONAL

"GoiNG UP YoNDER"
Minister Renee Snead, Director ofMusic

MR. ToNY TAYLOR, PIANIST

]AMES GLEASON, ELLIOTT R. KENNEDY, JoHN F. KENNEDY, RicHARD LoWERY, GERALD WAYMER, WINSTON
WAYMER AND WESLEY S. WILBORN (NEPHEW).
THE WILBORN FAMILY ACKNOWLEDGES WITH DEEP AND SINCERE APPRECIATION ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS, YOUR OUTPOURING LOVE, YOUR KIND WORDS, THOUGHTFUL GESTURES, ACTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND HEARTFELT EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY DURING OUR TIME OF BEREAVEMENT. WE ARE TRULY BLESSED TO HAVE YOU AS A SOURCE OF STRENGTH AND COMFORT FOR US. PLEASE CONTINUE TO KEEP US IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS, AS WE WILL YOU.
THE WILBORN FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO THANK METRO ATLANTA DERMATOLOGY AND DERMATOLOGIST PRODUCTS LIMITED (OPL) EMPLOYEES, FOR THEIR YEARS OF DEDICATION AND SERVICE WITH OR. WILBORN. THANK You ScHWANN AsKEW; jACQUELINE RoBINSON; CYNTHIA FisH; FRAN CoMRIE; FRANK BRIGHTWELL; LAUREN DAVIS; AMANDA SANDERS; LORRIANE BROOKS; CHERYL LEWIS; KAREN WILLIAMS;
NICOLE STROUD; MARNITA DixoN; CouRTNEY HEARON; DARREN HARDY AND R. CoPELAND.
*FAMILY DERMATOLOGY- OR. PAULA NELSON AND YINKA AoESOKAN.
SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING DOCTORS THAT TRAINED WITH OR. WILBORN: OR.YvETTE GEORGE; OR. WINDELL BouTTE; OR. SuMAYAH TALIAFERRo; DR. }ING }ING WoNG HARRIS; AND OR. ]IMI MALIK.
*IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, THE WILBORN FAMILY, REQUEST THAT YOU CONSIDER A CONTRIBUTION TO:
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