Marilyn Burose Wilkins (right) served as business manager for the Memphis-Shelby County Education Association (previously the Memphis Education Association) for 40 years. Recognized for her “indelible service” in October 2020, she died this past February. Her sister, Renee Burose-Squires, shares this account of “a heartache of a dark winter.” (Photo of Marilyn Burose Wilkins, MSCEA website; Renee Burose-Squires, courtesy photo )