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Dewey Ray Wilks, Sr

Male 1944 - 2010  (65 years)


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  • Name Dewey Ray Wilks  [1, 2, 3
    Suffix Sr 
    Birth 20 Aug 1944  Donalsonville, Decatur, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 5 Aug 2010  Lake City Medical Center, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Mr. Dewey Ray Wilks, Sr., 65, of Fort White, Florida, died Thursday, August 5, 2010, in the Lake City Medical Center following a brief illness

      He was a native of Donaldsonville, Georgia and resided in Lake City before moving to Fort White more than 20 years ago.

      He owned and operated Dewey's Auto Body Repair for many yeas after working for numerous automobile companies in the Lake City area for more than 30 years.

      He was a member of the Pine Grove Baptist Church, a veteran of the Vietnam War, a Master Gardener and member of the Suwannee Valley Day Lily Society.

      He enjoyed hunting and fishing in the river near his home.

      He was preceded in death by his parents, James Ray Wilks and Juanita Johnson Wilks.

      He is survived by his wife, Linda K. Wilks, of Fort White, FL; his daughter, Lynn Knowles, of Gainesville, FL; two sons, Dewey Ray (Rhonda) Wilks, Jr. of Jacksonville, FL and Claude James (Brook) Wilks of Fort White, FL; one sister, Shirley Flame, of Ocala, FL; two brothers, James Wilks, of Lake City, FL, and Don Wilks, of Ocala, FL; thirteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren also survive.

      Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday, August 10, 2010 in the Chapel of Guerry Funeral Home with Rev. Paul Moreau officiating.

      Interment will be in Swift Creek Cemetery, Union County, FL.

      Visitation will be from 6 to 8 P.M. Monday, August 9 at GUERRY FUNERAL HOME, 2659 SW Main Blvd. Lake City, Fla.

      Published in Lake City Reporter on August 8, 2010
    Burial 10 Aug 2010  Swift Creek (Mount Zion) Cemetery, Lake Butler, Union, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I20811  tng Genealogy

    Father James Ray Wilks,   b. 27 Jul 1915, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Aug 1973, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Nettie Juanita Johnson,   b. 4 Mar 1918, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jan 1998, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F5828  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Living 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
     3. Living
    Family ID F8504  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S358] Ancestry.com, Florida Divorce Index, 1927-2001, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Dewey Ray Wilks & Linda Iris Kersey.
      Certificate Number: 4232

    2. [S350] Ancestry.com, Florida Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;).
      Volume: 2443; Certificate: 31966
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FLmarriageindex&h=2727548&indiv=try
      [ View marriage certificate]
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FLmarriageindex&h=2727548&indiv=try

    3. [S350] Ancestry.com, Florida Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;).
      Volume: 2579; Certificate: 47169
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FLmarriageindex&h=2834235&indiv=try
      [ View marriage certificate]
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FLmarriageindex&h=2834235&indiv=try