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Shelby Jean Cook

Female 1937 - 2009  (71 years)


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  • Name Shelby Jean Cook 
    Birth 7 Dec 1937  Grays Landing, Toombs, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Name Shelby J Wilkes  [1, 2
    Death 28 Mar 2009  Cochran, Bleckley, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • COCHRAN - Shelby Jean Wilkes, age 71, passed away Saturday, March 28, 2009, at her residence surrounded by her family after three years battling cancer.

      Funeral services are Monday at 11A.M. at Grace Chapel Church of God of Prophecy.

      Burial is in Sharpe Family Cemetery in Toombs County at 3P.M. Monday.

      Shelby was born in Grays Landing in Toombs County on December 7, 1937 to the late Joe and Wilma Martin Cook and had lived in Bonaire for 30 years, then in Alston for 6 years before moving to Cochran 5 years ago. She was married to Max E. Wilkes in 1956 until his death in 2004. She was owner of Shelby's Beauty Salon in Bonaire for over 20 years and retiring in 1998. She enjoyed cooking, gardening, sewing and making quilts for family and friends. She was affectionately known as MaShelby to her family and she will be greatly missed. She was a member of Alston Methodist Church and attended Grace Chapel Church of God of Prophecy.

      Survivors are her children, Beth (John) Harr of Mary Esther, FL, James (Penny) Wilkes of Cochran and Michael (Heather) Wilkes of Bonaire; grandchildren, Laura (Brooks) Hammet of Miramar Beach, FL, Jessica Wilkes of Cochran and her fiancŽ Stephen Schaefer of High Point, NC, Stefannie Wilkes of Cochran and Gracie Jane Wilkes of Bonaire; sisters, Geraldine (Glenn) McKenzie and Janice (John) Davis of Vidalia.

      The family is at 338 Williams Road.

      Mathis Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

      Macon Telegraph, The (GA) - Monday, March 30, 2009

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      "Macon Telegraph, The", Georgia, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/1274AF50016F62C8-1274AF50016F62C8)
    • Age: 71
    Burial 30 Mar 2009  Sharpe Cemetery, Cedar Crossing, Toombs, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I17414  tng Genealogy

    Family Max Eugene Wilkes,   b. 10 Jun 1932, Toombs, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Feb 2004, Uvalda, Montgomery, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 22 Dec 1956  Toombs, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Living
    +2. James Tilman Wilkes,   b. 9 May 1960, Kingsville, Kleberg County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Dec 2014, Cochran, Bleckley County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Living
    Family ID F6176  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 22 Dec 1956 - Toombs, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 28 Mar 2009 - Cochran, Bleckley, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S344] Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Issue State: Georgia; Issue Date: 1955.
      Record for Shelby J. Wilkes
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ssdi&h=84714767&indiv=try
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ssdi&h=84714767&indiv=try

    2. [S541] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37677299.
      Record for Shelby Jean Wilkes
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=6354721&indiv=try
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=6354721&indiv=try