Obituary of Edward Wilkerson: Winn & Jackson Parish -
Submitted by Kathy LeMay Kelly, P.O. Box 219, Trout, La. 71371
Copied from Micro Film located at the Winn Parish Library in
Winnfield,
Winn Parish, La. Film from Winn Parish Enterprise, Thursday, July
13, 1961.


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Jackson Parish Man With Relatives Here Succumbs

Funeral services for Edward Wilkerson, 42, of Haughton, who died at
12:45 a.m. Wednesday, July 5, were held at 10 a.m. Friday at
Haughton Baptist Church. The Rev. Melton Prothro officiated and
burial was in Mount Zion Cemetery near Haughton.

Mr. Wilkerson, a retired tech sergeant with 21 years service, was
stationed at Barksdale for 16 years. He was a native of Jackson
Parish.

Survivors include his widow of Haughton; his mother, Mrs. Alice
Wilkerson of Hodge; one son, Ernest Wilkerson; two daughters, Edith
Ann and Sue Ellen of Haughton; three sisters, Mrs. Henry Sanders of
Winnfield; Mrs. Armon Stroud, Hodge; Mrs. Eugene Harvey, Jonesboro;
one brother, John E. Wilkerson, Jr. of Forbes Air Force Base,
Topeka, Kan.

Mr. Wilkerson was also the nephew of J.W. Wilkerson, Joyce; and H.L.
Wilkerson, Jonesboro Highway.