Margie Wilkes

1925 - 2007  (81 years)

• Name	Margie Wilkes  [1]
  Birth	4 Sep 1925	Vidalia, Toombs, Georgia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1930	Vidalia, Toombs, Georgia, USA   [1]
  Death	8 Feb 2007	Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA
  	Margie Wilkes Martin Born in Vidalia on Sep. 4, 1925 and Departed on Feb. 8, 2007 Visitation: Friday, Feb. 9, 2007 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Service: Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007 2:00 pm Cemetery: Forest Lawn Memory Gardens Margie Wilkes Martin Margie Wilkes Martin, 81, died Thursday, February 8, 2007 at Candler Hospital. Mrs. Martin was a native of Vidalia and was a longtime resident of Savannah. She was a member of Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church, the Fellowship Sunday School Class and the Jane Shirah Circle. Mrs. Martin retired from Savannah Electric and Power Company’s Credit department in 1986 after 36 years of service. Upon retirement Margie along with her mother, Sema M. Wilkes released the first edition of a self-published cookbook “Famous Recipes” for Mrs. Wilkes Boarding House. Mrs. Martin was an active member of P.E.O. Sisterhood, Savannah Rose Society, Tybee Lite Supper Club and Bethel Burton Community House. She was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Francis Willard “Bill” Martin, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lois Herman Wilkes and brother, James Carlton Wilkes. Surviving are her daughter and son-in-law, Marcia M. and Ronnie Thompson of Savannah, grandson and wife, Ryon Wesley and Lindsay Thompson, of Savannah, granddaughter and husband, Emily Wilkes and Corey Jones, of Savannah, a great-granddaughter, Julianna Wilkes Jones and a great-grandson, Peter Cullum Thompson, both of Savannah. Visitation will be 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Friday, February 9, 2007 at Fox and Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel. Funeral Services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 10, 2007 at Fox and Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens. Remembrances may be made to Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church, 429 Abercorn Street, Savannah, GA 31401 Pallbearers will be Ryon Wesley Thompson, Corey Eugene Jones, Bradley Charles Francis, James Kenneth Lynn, David Robert Randolph, Aaron Smith Ricketson, James Corde Wilson, Jr., James Corde Wilson, III, Chandler Martin Wilson. Fox and Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel http://obit.foxandweeks.com/obitdisplay.html?id=379561&listing=All&ftm=1
  Burial	10 Feb 2007	Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA
  Person ID	I23927	tng Genealogy

  
  

  Father	Lois Herman Wilkes,   b. 20 Apr 1905, Georgia, USA d. 19 Jan 1990, Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA (Age 84 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sema Americus Morris,   b. 23 Jun 1907, Aimwell, Toombs, Georgia, USA d. 31 Oct 2002, Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA (Age 95 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F7964	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	+ 1. Living
  Family ID	F7965	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 4 Sep 1925 - Vidalia, Toombs, Georgia, USA Residence - 1930 - Vidalia, Toombs, Georgia, USA Death - 8 Feb 2007 - Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S337] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;). Year: 1930; Census Place: Vidalia, Toombs, Georgia; Roll: 388; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 5; Image: 258.0. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=18136285&indiv=try [ View Federal Census Document] http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=18136285&indiv=try