Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries


Fairfield Recorder newspaper
January 29, 2009


James Wilkinson

Memorial services were held Saturday for James Wilkinson, 77, of Streetman who 
died Thursday, Jan. 15, at his residence.

Mr. Wilkinson was born in Saginaw, Michigan on May 20, 1931 to Harold and 
Virginia Wilkinson.

During the Korean War, he served in the United States Air Force. Mr. Wilkinson 
was employed for 44 years with APV Baker, formerly Baker Perkins of Saginaw, 
Michigan, before retiring.

Services were held Saturday at Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home in Corsicana.

Mr. Wilkinson is survived by his wife, Joan Wilkinson; sons, Brian J. Wilkinson 
and wife Cathy, and James G. Wilkinson and wife Kimberly; daughter, Debra 
Stoddard and husband Walter; brothers, Jerry Bishop and wife Shirley, and Lyle 
Bishop and wife Mary Fran Bishop; sisterin law, Irene Bishop; cousins, Charles 
Wilkinson and Betty Lytle; grandsons, Timothy Geese, Adam Brown, Jonah Brown and 
Eric Wilkinson; granddaughters, Amanda Brown and Tiffany Wilkinson; and great-
grandchildren, Weston Whiteside and Nichole Geese.

Memorials may be made in Mr. Wilkinson's memory to Leukemia and Lymphoma Society 
Donor Services at PO Box 4072, Pittsfield, MA, 01202 or to Providence Hospice at 
6100 Western Pl., Suite 500, Fort Worth, TX, 76107.

Arrangements were made by Griffin-Roughton Funeral of Corsicana.