ST. MARY PARISH, LA. Obituary for: WILKERSON, VELMA MAE NIXON Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. Source: Jones Funeral Home, Inc., Morgan City and Franklin, La. Died: Friday, January 17, 2014 ======================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml ======================================================================= WILKERSON, VELMA MAE NIXON (January 21, 1941 - January 17, 2014) ========== A photo is available for this file. Please go to http://usgwarchives.net/la/stmary/obits/dateobits/2014/sm1401.htm and click on the name of interest. ========== Velma Mae Wilkerson, age 72, a native and a resident of Morgan City, died Friday, January 17, 2014 at 6:30 PM at the Patterson Health Care Center in Patterson. Visitation will be Saturday, January 25, 2014 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 507 Fourth St., in Morgan City, La., from 11:00 AM until funeral service at 1:00 PM. Burial will be in the Morgan City Cemetery. Velma leaves to cherish her memories; one stepson, Albert Wilkerson, Jr., of Dallas, TX; two daughters, Anita W. Richardson of Patterson, La., and Stephanie Riley of Houston, TX; one sister, Debra Nixon; a stepbrother, Jerry Nixon of Lake Charles, La; five grandchildren, fifteen great grandchildren, nine step- grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends. Preceded in death by her parents, Van Nixon, Sr., and Estelle Carter, her husband, Albert Wilkerson, Sr., and a brother, Van Nixon, Jr. ===================