Obit of Wilkins, Raymond Lloyd - Garvin County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 23 Dec 2007 Return to Garvin County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/garvin/garvin.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::Shafter Cemetery--Shafter CA Wilkins, Raymond Lloyd Raymond Lloyd Wilkins Jan. 22, 1936 – Jan. 14, 2007 Graveside services for Raymond Lloyd Wilkins will be held at Shafter Cemetery on Thursday afternoon, January 18, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. No viewing will be held in accordance with his request. Raymond was born January 22, 1936 in Lindsay, Oklahoma and he passed away January 14, 2007 in Bakersfield, California. He was the youngest of six children born to Roy and Lorah Wilkins. Raymond moved to Shafter with his family in 1941 and graduated from Shafter High School with the class of 1954. After proudly serving his country in the United States Army, he worked for 7-up Bottling Company for twenty-three years before ill health forced him into early retirement. Raymond is preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, John and Oda Ray Wilkins. He is survived by his loving and devoted wife, Myrtle; seven children, Sheryl Bonner, Robert Misener, Tony Wilkins, Terry Wilkins, Darrell Cowen, Michelle Wilkins and Emmitt Wilkins; two sisters, Nomie Searcy and Margie Carroll; brother, Delain Wilkins; seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. For additional service or floral delivery information, please contact Basham Funeral Care at 873-8200. Basham Funeral Care Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 1/16/2007. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Garvin County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/garvin/garvin.html