 1916 - 2011 (94 years)
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| Name |
Howard Ottie Wilks [1] |
| Birth |
11 Dec 1916 |
Lauderdale, Alabama, USA  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
1991 |
Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA [1] |
| Death |
30 Mar 2011 |
Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA |
- Howard Wilks
Obituary
Howard Wilks, 94, a native of Lauderdale County, passed away March 30, 2011, at his residence. He was a member of Murphy's Chapel Church. He worked for 37 years at Reynolds Alloys and was a member of the Local Aluminum Workers 200.
Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Friday, April 1, 2011, at Greenview Funeral Home. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 2, 2011, in Greenview Memorial Chapel, with the Rev. Keith Montgomery and Andy Hughes officiating. Burial will be in Murphy's Chapel Cemetery.
Mr. Wilks was preceded in death by his wife, Evelyn Wilks; parents, John Thomas Wilks Sr. and Mildred Wilks; three sisters; and a host of friends.
He is survived by a son, Billy Wilkes and wife, Judy; daughters, Martha Montgomery and husband, David, Joan Shields and husband, Jimmy; brothers, J.T. Wilks Jr. and wife, Edith, Kenneth Wilks; grandchildren, Clint Wilkes, Brad Wilkes, Lisa Bailey, Keith Montgomery, Becky Craig, Rhonda Patton, Brandon Shields; great-grandchildren, Ryan Wilkes, Katie Wilkes, Braxton Wilkes, Nikki Bailey, Chad Bailey, David E. Montgomery, Keshia Montgomery, Logan Craig, Corbin Craig, Isabella Patton and Bryleigh Patton.
Pallbearers will be Clint Wilkes, Brad Wilkes, Scott Patton, Clay Craig, Brandon Shields and Randy Bailey.
Honorary pallbearers will be Ryan Wilkes, David E. Montgomery, Logan Craig, Corbin Craig, Chad Bailey, Braxton Wilkes, and all the surviving Cast House members of the 40's-70's.
A very special thank you to Mackie Adams, Emily McDonald and Wiregrass Hospice Care and their service caregivers.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Murphy's Chapel Cemetery Fund; c/o Ronnie Brown.
An online guest book may be viewed and signed via TimesDaily.com/obituaries.
Arrangements by Greenview Funeral Home.
Published in Florence Times Daily on April 1, 2011
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/timesdaily/obituary.aspx?n=Howard-Wilks&pid=149838524
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 | Birth - 11 Dec 1916 - Lauderdale, Alabama, USA |
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 | Residence - 1991 - Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA |
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| Death - 30 Mar 2011 - Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA |
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| Sources |
- [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 Howard O Wilks
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