Obit of Wilkinson, John Paul - Logan County, Oklahoma

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::Edith Ford Memorial Cemetery--??

Amarillo Globe News 15 Dec 1997

John Paul Wilkinson

CANADIAN - John Paul Wilkinson, 87, died Sunday, Dec. 14, 1997.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at First United Methodist Church with 
the Rev. Dr. Lewis Holland, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Edith 
Ford Memorial Cemetery by Stickley-Hill Funeral Directors.

Mr. Wilkinson was born in Meridian, Miss., and graduated from Guthrie High 
School in Guthrie, Okla. He attended the University of Oklahoma at Norman. 
Mr. Wilkinson married Tess Terrell in 1930 at Guthrie. They moved to 
Canadian in 1939 from Pampa.

Mr. Wilkinson was the tax assessor/collector for the Canadian Independent 
School District for 30 years. He served as secretary/manager for the 
Canadian-Hemphill County Chamber of Commerce for 28 years. During that 
time, he managed the Junior Livestock Show and founded Canadian Booster, an 
organization that helps subsidize the Hemphill County Livestock Show and 
Sale.

Mr. Wilkinson served as a Canadian Volunteer firefighter 24 years, 11 of 
those as fire chief. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church 
and Masonic Lodge. He was a member of the Canadian Rotary Club for more 
than 30 years, serving as its president and its secretary for 17 years. The 
Canadian-Hemphill County Chamber of Commerce recognized Mr. Wilkinson as 
Man of the Year in 1965. Mayor Therese B. Abraham declared June 21, 1981, 
as John Wilkinson Day.

He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Tracey Waterfield Neilson, in 
1981.

Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Shelley Behney and Sandy 
Waterfield, both of Canadian; a brother, James Wilkinson of El Reno, Okla.; 
two grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials be to Hemphill County Hospice, 1020 S. Fourth 
St., Canadian, Texas 79014.
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