 1942 - 2015 (73 years)
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| Name |
William Leonard Wilkes [1, 2, 3, 4] |
| Birth |
2 Aug 1942 |
Cottondale, Jackson, Florida, USA  [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
25 Sep 2015 |
Tallahassee, Leon, Florida, USA [2] |
- William Leonard Wilkes
William Leonard Wilkes, 73, lost his battle with cancer on September 25, 2015, at the Big Bend Hospice House in Tallahassee, Florida. The son of Broward N. and Lizzie Sapp Wilkes, he was born in Cottondale, Florida.
He joined the United States Navy in 1960, serving as a Machinery Repairman 3rd Class on the USS Arcadia during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
He was a surveyor for the State of Florida, Department of Transportation, for 42 years. For 33 years, he and his wife owned and operated Len's Ceramics.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his son, Tony Glenn Wilkes, and a grandson, and is survived by his wife of 33 years, Linda Robison Wilkes, his children, Leonard N. Wilkes (Gail), Elizabeth D. Wilkes (Dwayne), James E. Delaney (Alison), Jason R. Delaney (Amy); his siblings, Donald Wilkes (Martha), all of Tallahassee, Michael Wilkes (Jeannie) of North Carolina, Linda Wood (Ed) of Chipley; twelve grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
He was blessed by close family friends Joey (Eva) and Jamie Vickers, of Tallahassee, as well as a host of other treasured friends and family.
Visitation is 6:00 until 8:00 PM Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at Abbey Funeral Home.
The funeral is 11:00 AM Thursday, October 1, 2015 at Abbey Funeral Home, with interment following at Tallahassee Memory Gardens.
Contributions in his memory may be made to Big Bend Hospice. Online sympathies may be expressed at www.abbeyfh.com.
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/Tallahassee/obituary.aspx?n=Leonard-Wilkes&pid=175952490
http://www.abbeyfh.com/obituaries/William-Wilkes-5/#!/Obituary
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| Burial |
Tallahassee Memory Gardens, Tallahassee, Leon, Florida, USA [2] |
| Person ID |
I17859 |
tng Genealogy |
| Father |
Broward Napoleon Wilkes, b. 17 Jul 1908, Washington, Florida, USA d. 14 Jun 1988, Washington, Florida, USA (Age 79 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Lizzie Sapp, b. 17 Nov 1918, Chipley, Washington, Florida, USA d. 11 Aug 2012, Jackson, Florida, USA (Age 93 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
11 Dec 1938 |
| Family ID |
F5131 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S358] Ancestry.com, Florida Divorce Index, 1927-2001, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;).
Certificate Number: 045325
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FLdivorce&h=2025757&indiv=try
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FLdivorce&h=2025757&indiv=try
- [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/152971101/william-leonard-wilkes.
Record for William Leonard Wilkes
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=126125975&indiv=try
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=126125975&indiv=try
- [S350] Ancestry.com, Florida Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;).
Volume: 4263; Certificate: 031147
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FLmarriageindex&h=5140464&indiv=try
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FLmarriageindex&h=5140464&indiv=try
- [S350] Ancestry.com, Florida Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;).
Volume: 5578; Certificate: 029900
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FLmarriageindex&h=6044516&indiv=try
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FLmarriageindex&h=6044516&indiv=try
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