Floyd County GaArchives Obituaries.....Dewey Wilkerson May 29 1972
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Rome News Tribune
 
 
Rome News Tribune Friday, May 29, 1972
 
Dewey Wilkerson Des; Funeral rites Saturday
 
   Dewey T. Wilkerson, 69, of the Calhoun Road died Thursday in a Rome hospital 
following a lengthy illness.
   He was born in Waco, Texas, Dec. 27, 1902. He was the son of the late Mr. 
and Mrs. G.W. Wilkerson. He owned and operated the Merriam Coal Company for a 
number of years prior to his retirement in 1964.
   He was also a member of the Friendship Baptist Church where he had served as 
treasurer for 25 years and as chairman of the board of deacons for several 
terms. He was a past president and honorary member of the Rome Civitan Club, 
and a former member of the Rome Area Chamber of Commerce.
   Survivors include his wife, the former Bertha Alma Green, to whom he was 
married Nov. 28, 1920; three daughters, Mrs. James B. Harper, Jr. of Columbus, 
Mrs. Millard R. Allen of Rome and Mrs. Linton F. Angle of Claremore, Okla; two 
brother, George Wilkerson of Cedartown and Edgar Wilkerson of Miami, Fla.; five 
sisters, Mrs. Early Burkhalter, Mrs. Seward Holland and Mrs. Z.G. LaFerre, all 
of Cedartown, Mrs. Carl Jones and Mrs. Freeman Popham both of Taylorsville; 
five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
   Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3 p.m. in the Friendship Baptist 
Church with the Revs. Amos Mashburn, Frank Bradley and Jerry Norwood 
officiating. Interment will be in East View Cemetery.
   Pallbearers will include Joe Willamon, Hugh Hubbard, Jim Green, Linwood 
Daniel, Nathan Davis, Jack Ford, Arthur Palmer and Ralph Wilson.
   The body will lie in state at Daniel's Funeral Home where the family will 
receive friends  today from 7 until 8:30 p.m. The body will be moved to the 
church to lie in state from 2 p.m. until the funeral hour on Saturday..

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