Southampton-Nansemond-Charles City County-Suffolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wilkinson, E.N. Ned, 1960 

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EDMOND NELSON WILKINSON

E. N. WILKINSON Former City Manager E.N. Wilkinson Dies at Franklin 

  FRANKLIN - Edward Nelson (Ned) Wilkinson, 50, former city manager of Suffolk 
and well known Franklin resident, died Saturday night in a Franklin hospital 
after a short illness. 

  At the time of his death, Mr. Wilkinson was director of public activities 
for Union Bag-Camp Corp. 

  Mr. Wilkinson began his career as an engineer for the State Highway 
Department.  In 1940 he moved to Suffolk as City Engineer and in 1943 he 
became town manager of Franklin, a post he held for seven years. 

  In 1950, he returned to Suffolk as City Manager and served in this capacity 
until taking the Union Bag-Camp position in 1955. 

  Mr. Wilkinson was a member of the Providence Forge Masonic Lodge; a past 
president of the Franklin Lions Club; a member of the Franklin Rotary Club; a 
past vice-president of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce; a board member of the 
Raiford and Southampton Memorial hospitals; and a board member of the Cecil B. 
Rawls Memorial Library at Courtland. 

  In 1957 Mr. Wilkinson was acclaimed as "First Citizen of Franklin," an award 
made annually by the Business and Professional Women’s Club of Franklin. 

  He was a native of Charles City County and the son of the late William Landon 
and Sarah Letitia Deldrell [sic*] Wilkinson. 

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mabel Bowman Wilkinson; a daughter, Miss 
Margaret Letitia Wilkinson of Franklin and two sisters, Miss Edna M. Wilkinson 
and Mrs. Frederic S. Bock, Jr., of Richmond. 

  A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Monday at Emanuel Episcopal Church, 
Franklin, by the Rev. Robert, E. Davis, rector of the church, and the Rev. 
Charles E. Stewart, retired rector of Sandston. 

  Burial will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery in Franklin. 

[photo, captioned:] 
E. N. WILKINSON Former City Manager 

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E.N. "NED" WILKINSON BURIED HERE TODAY

EDMOND NELSON "NED" WILKINSON WAS BURIED TODAY (MONDAY) 
   IN POPLAR SPRING CEMETERY.

   The director of public relations for Union Bag-Camp Paper Corporation died 
Saturday night in Raiford Memorial Hospital.  He was 50 years old.

   Funeral services were conducted at 3 p.m. in Emmanuel Episcopal Church by 
the Rev. Robert E. Davis, rector, and the Rev. Charles E. Stewart, retired 
rector of Sandston.

   Pallbearers were Hall Birdsong, W.L. Burrow, James L. Camp, Jr., Hill 
Carter, J.H. Holland, T.B. Kingsbury, 3rd, Erskine Watkins and R.E.L. Wheless.

   Husband of Mrs. Mabel Bowman Wilkinson, he was a son of the late William 
Landon and Mrs. Letitia Sarah Daiderell [sic*] Wilkinson of Charles City 
County.

   Surviving besides his wife are a daughter, Miss Margaret Letitia Wilkinson 
of Franklin and two sisters, Miss Edna M. Wilkinson and Mrs. Frederic S. Boch 
Jr., of Richmond.

   He was a member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church.

FIRST CITIZEN

   Formerly a civil engineer with the Virginia Highway Department, he became 
Suffolk city engineer in 1940.  He came to Franklin as city manager in 1943, 
serving seven years.  In 1950 he returned to Suffolk as city manager for five 
years.

   He came back to Franklin in 1955 as public relations director for Union Bag-
Camp and was chosen First Citizen of Franklin in 1957 by the Business and 
Professional Women’s Club.

   He was a member of Mann Page Masonic Lodge, Providence Forge; a past 
president of Franklin Lions Club; a member of Franklin Rotary Club; a vice 
president of the State Chamber of Commerce; a member of the boards of the 
Raiford Memorial Hospital and Southampton Memorial Hospital, and of the Walter 
Cecil Rawls Library and Museum, Courtland.


Edmond William Nelson "Ned" WILKINSON, civil engineer and civic leader, 
Union Bag-Camp P.R. director, former Franklin & Suffolk city manager, 
b. 18 Oct 1909, Charles City Co., d. 12 Mar 1960, Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Section B, Plot 93A**), Franklin, 
   14 Mar 1960, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 38, No. 61, Mon., Mar. 13, 1960, p. 1; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 14, 1960, p. 1 

**Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
   Poplar Spring list:
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 

*Birthdate &c. from Delayed B.Cert. 1941-3312, which gives his mother's maiden 
   name as DEVERELL. 

D.Cert. 9307 (Franklin #38) gives DELVERELL. 

Letitia Sarah DEVERELL (16 Aug 1874, Greenville, PA - 19 Jan 1960) & 
   William David Landon WILKINSON (24 Oct 1861 Hanover Co. - 8 Jan 1957) 
   m. 1 Jun 1899 in Surry Co. 

His parents & sister Edna are buried in Westover Parish Church Cemetery, 
   Charles City Co.  (Find a Grave Mem. #54005687 &c.) 


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