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Williard Samuel Wilkes, Jr

Williard Samuel Wilkes, Jr

Male 1945 - 2022  (76 years)

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  • Name Williard Samuel Wilkes 
    Suffix Jr 
    Birth 22 May 1945  Emanuel, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Also Known As Billy 
    Death 8 May 2022  Vidalia, Toombs, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Willard “Billy” Samuel Wilkes, Jr., age 76, passed to his heavenly home on Sunday, May 8, 2022 at Community Hospice of Vidalia, following an extended illness.

      Mr. Wilkes was a lifelong resident of the Oak Park community and was a 1963 graduate of Swainsboro High School. He received an Associate degree in Science from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College and a BS degree in Agriculture from the University of Georgia. He taught Vocational Agriculture at Portal High School for three years before moving back to Emanuel County to farm with his father. Farming was both a vocation and a hobby for Mr. Wilkes. His work was his passion and he was never happier than when he was planting and tending crops and watching them grow. Along with his daughter Tara, who joined the family farming operation in 2000, Mr. Wilkes raised beef cattle and grew cotton and peanuts. On weekends, he enjoyed spending time with his family at his river cabin on the Ohoopee River.

      Mr. Wilkes was a lifelong member of the Oak Park United Methodist Church where he previously served on the Finance Committee as the church treasurer, the Pastor Parish Relations Committee, and the Board of Trustees. In 1999, Mr. Wilkes was selected the Man of the Year in Soil and Water Conservation for the Ohoopee River District.

      Mr. Wilkes is survived by his wife of fifty-one years Ann Yawn Wilkes; his two daughters, Tracy Wilkes Trebendis (Tom) of Fayetteville and Tara Wilkes Ford (Daniel) of Oak Park; two grandchildren, Eve Trebendis and Blaine Jordan; one sister, Susan Wilkes Anthony (A.W.) of Oak Park; and one nephew, Travis Anthony of Dublin.

      Funeral services will be conducted at Oak Park United Methodist Church on Thursday, May 12, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. with the Reverends Jimmy Cason and Brian Durden officiating.

      Pallbearers are Philip Phillips, Ronnie Philips, Terry Phillips, Wayne Faircloth, Travis Anthony, Daniel Ford, and Tom Trebendis. Burial will follow in the Jordan Wilkes Cemetery on the Wilkes Farm.

      The family will receive family and friends at Ronald V. Hall Funeral Home in Vidalia on Wednesday evening, May 11, 2022 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Flowers will be accepted.

      Those wishing to do so may send memorial donations to Community Hospice Foundation of Vidalia at P.O. Box 2277, Vidalia, GA 30474 or Children’s Hospital of Atlanta Foundation at 1575 Northeast Expressway, Atlanta, GA 30329.

      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55471262/allen-rowe
    Burial 12 May 2022  Jordan Wilkes Cemetery, Emanuel, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I43674  tng Genealogy

    Father Willard Samuel Wilkes,   b. 22 Jun 1915, Emanuel, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Nov 1999, Lyons, Toombs, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Living 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F5749  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Living 
    Children 
    +1. Living
     2. Living
    Family ID F16437  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 22 May 1945 - Emanuel, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 8 May 2022 - Vidalia, Toombs, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
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