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Thelma Wilkes

Female 1920 - 2018  (97 years)


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  • Name Thelma Wilkes  [1
    Birth 30 Aug 1920  Jackson, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death 10 Jul 2018  Waynesville, Haywood, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Thelma Buchanan

      Mountaineer, The (Waynesville, NC) - Wednesday, July 11, 2018

      WAYNESVILLE - Thelma Wilkes West Buchanan, 97, passed on Tuesday, July 10, 2018, at Autumn Care of Waynesville.

      Thelma was born August 30, 1920, in Jackson County and resided in Jackson and Haywood County most of her life.

      She was the daughter of the late John and Talitha Haskett Wilkes.

      In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, James W. West, Sr.; second husband, Lester Buchanan; daughters, Betty Sue West and Phyllis West McGaha; sister, Mildred Davis and brother, Alden Wilkes.

      Thelma retired from Dayco Corporation and enjoyed gardening, fishing and tubing the river. She was a faithful servant to the Lord and was a member of New Hope Baptist Church in Cullowhee.

      Thelma is survived by her son, James W. West, Jr. and his wife, Wanda, Waynesville; two sisters, Alma Webb and Sue Ward; two brothers, Aileene Wilkes and Raymond Wilkes; three grandchildren, Greg West, Jamie West Culbreth and Michele McGaha Robertson; five great-grandchildren, Hannah Culbreth, Abby and Emily West, Devon and Tristen Robertson and several nieces and nephews.

      Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, July 13, in the Waynesville chapel of Wells Funeral Home, with the Revs. Darrell Webb and Jared Stevens officiating.

      Burial will follow at Garrett-Hillcrest Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 12:30 until 2 p.m., prior to the service at the funeral home.

      The care of Thelma has been entrusted to Wells Funeral Homes and an online memorial register is available at "Obituaries" at www.wellsfuneralhome.com.

      Mountaineer, The (Waynesville, NC) - Wednesday, July 11, 2018

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      Mountaineer, The () , obit for Thelma Buchanan, GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/16D22F545848FEC8-16D22F545848FEC8)
    Burial Garrett-Hillcrest Memorial Park, Waynesville, Haywood, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I23356  tng Genealogy

    Father John Alfred Wilkes,   b. 12 Sep 1887, Jackson, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Feb 1957, Swannanoa, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Talitha Jane Haskett,   b. 1 Jun 1900   d. 7 Jan 1994, Jackson, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F7805  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 James Walter West,   b. 25 Mar 1915, Louina, Randolph, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Dec 1974, Waynesville, Haywood, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
     3. Living
    Family ID F13223  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Living 
    Family ID F13224  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 30 Aug 1920 - Jackson, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 10 Jul 2018 - Waynesville, Haywood, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S342] Ancestry.com, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;).
      Online publication - Ancestry.com. North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Register of Deeds. North Carolina Birth Indexes. Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina State Archives, Microfilm.