Mrs. Mary Ellen Wilkerson, 82, of DeFuniak Springs, died early Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Daisy Bartlett.
She was a native of Hacoda, Ala., was a member of the Church of Christ at Gaskin, Fla., and had resided in DeFuniak Springs for the last four years.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Church of Christ in Gaskin with Minister Marcus Crews officiating.
Burial will be in Gaskin Cemetery with Comander Funeral Home directing.
Mrs. Wilkerson is survived by four sons, H. L. Wilkerson of Orlando, H. E. Wilkerson of Birmingham, Ala., I. A. Wilkerson of Florala, Ala., and C. J. Wilkerson of Winter Garden, Fla.; two daughters, Mrs. Ruthie Johnson of Gaskin, Mrs. Bartlett of DeFuniak Springs; one brother, Fate Lawrence of Westville; 28 grandchildren and 44 great-grandchildren.
[Sources: Obituary from The Pensacola News, January 4, 1962, Page 2A; photograph from Heather Holley on Ancestry.com; Comander Funeral Home Record]
[Burial: Gaskin Cemetery, Gaskin]