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Edward Smith Wilkes

Edward Smith Wilkes

Male 1925 - 2012  (87 years)

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  • Name Edward Smith Wilkes  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Birth 29 Sep 1925  Dillon, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Also Known As Ed 
    Race White  [3, 5] 
    Residence 1935  Rowland Township, Robeson, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1940  Rowland Township, Robeson, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Age: 14; AttendedSchool: Yes; EmploymentCode: 6; EmploymentDetails: School; EmploymentHistory: No; EnumerationDistrict: 78-47A; GradeCompleted: High School, 1st year; IsEmployed: No; PublicEmergencyWork: No; SeekingWork: No; MaritalStatus: Single; RelationToHead: Son 
    Residence 14 Nov 1946  Rowland, Robeson, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1993  Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death 20 Oct 2012  Fort Valley, Peach, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Edward "Ed" Smith Wilkes, 87, passed away Saturday, October 20, 2012 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at First United Methodist Church, Fort Valley with the Rev. Ellis Carpenter officiating. Burial will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, October 27, 2012 in Raleigh Memorial Park, Raleigh, NC with the Rev. Ron Holland officiating. In lieu of flowers, those so inclined may give to Gideons International or to their favorite charity, and know that the Wilkes family appreciates such kindness.

      Mr. Wilkes was born September 29, 1925 in Dillon County, SC, grew up in Robeson County, NC graduating from Rowland High School in 1942. He joined the Navy in January 1943, was discharged in November 1946. He entered employment of A.C.L. Railroad in January 1947 as a laborer-student telegrapher, was promoted to Telegraph Operator - relief Station Agent in 1948. He was promoted to Train Dispatcher in 1949, then promoted to Assistant Trainmaster in 1963, became Trainmaster later that year. He was promoted to Assistant Superintendent of the Raleigh Division in 1973 and promoted to Division Superintendent in 1977, then Division Manager in 1981. While the company he worked for merged many times, he retired from the same company he started with, but then was known as CSX Railroad in 1987.

      Mr. Wilkes was blessed through the churches where he worshipped and served the Lord and he was able to assist in prison ministry and nursing home programs. He lost his first wife, Iris Brown Wilkes in 2007 after an extended illness, and they lost a daughter, Martha Gail Wilkes in 2001. He was preceded in death by his brother, Bill Wilkes. He was remarried in 2008 to Eva M. Collins. She and he had been high school sweethearts in 1942.

      He is survived by his wife, Eva M. Wilkes; a son, Charles M. Wilkes of Apex, NC; a stepson, Staley Wayne Pearce of Wilmington, NC; stepdaughter, Ginny McRae of Ft. Mills, SC; two stepsons, Bruce (Sheila) McRae of Macon and Johnny (Gail) McRae of Swainsboro; six grandchildren, Amy Leigh Price of Silver Spring, MD, Elizabeth Rene' Gardner of Angier, NC, Edward Thomas Wilkes, Phillip Lee Wilkes, John Michael Wilkes and Joshua Wayne Wilkes of Apex, NC; his brother, Jack Wilkes of Raleigh, NC; a number of nieces and nephews and great nieces and great nephews. In addition, he acquired eight wonderful grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren with his new marriage.

      Visit www.snowsmacon.com to express condolences.

      Snow's Memorial Chapel, Pio Nono Avenue has charge of arrangements.

      http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Edward-Wilkes&lc=4761&pid=160596872&mid=5279626&locale=en-US
    Burial 27 Oct 2012  Raleigh Memorial Park, Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6] 
    Person ID I29324  tng Genealogy

    Father Trus R Wilkes,   b. 14 Apr 1897, Dillon, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 May 1975, Lumberton, Robeson, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Katie Mae Lee,   b. 16 Jun 1903, Dillon, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Nov 1968, Lumberton, Robeson, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F7234  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Iris Mozelle Brown,   b. 5 Jun 1926, Rocky Mount, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 2007, Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 14 May 1949  Rocky Mount, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Martha Gail Wilkes,   b. 9 Aug 1950, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jul 2001, Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F10008  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Eva McRae,   b. 18 May 1927, Swainsboro, Emanuel, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Feb 2018, Perry, Houston, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage 2008 
    Family ID F11299  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1935 - Rowland Township, Robeson, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 14; AttendedSchool: Yes; EmploymentCode: 6; EmploymentDetails: School; EmploymentHistory: No; EnumerationDistrict: 78-47A; GradeCompleted: High School, 1st year; IsEmployed: No; PublicEmergencyWork: No; SeekingWork: No; MaritalStatus: Single; RelationToHead: Son - 1940 - Rowland Township, Robeson, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 14 Nov 1946 - Rowland, Robeson, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1993 - Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    Edward Smith Wilkes photo    		Edward Smith Wilkes photo

  • Sources 
    1. [S396] Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online.
      Record for Edward S Wilkes

    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/99660894/edward-smith-wilkes.
      Record for Edward Smith Wilkes
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=70383224&indiv=try
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=70383224&indiv=try

    3. [S547] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).
      Record for Edward Smith Wilkes
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=NC-MarriageRecords&h=5073780&indiv=try
      [ View marriage certificate]
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=NC-MarriageRecords&h=5073780&indiv=try

    4. [S462] Ancestry.com, U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1898-1929, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
      Record for Edward Smith Wilkes
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ymdraftcardswwii&h=1135895&indiv=try
      [ View military document]
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ymdraftcardswwii&h=1135895&indiv=try

    5. [S474] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Year: 1940; Census Place: Rowland, Robeson, North Carolina; Roll: m-t0627-02965; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 78-47A
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2442&h=155310121&indiv=try
      [ View Federal Census Document]
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2442&h=155310121&indiv=try

    6. [S122] FindaGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99660894
      http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=99660894.
      http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=99660894



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