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Donald Reese Wilkes

Donald Reese Wilkes

Male 1936 - 2011  (74 years)

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  • Name Donald Reese Wilkes  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 8 Dec 1936  Lake City, Florence, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Also Known As Don 
    SSN issued 1953  South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence Kingstree, Williamsburg, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Death 9 Sep 2011  Kingstree, Williamsburg, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Mr. Donald Reese “Don” Wilkes, 74, husband of Nancy Thornhill Wilkes, died Friday, September 9, 2011, at his residence after an illness.

      Mr. Wilkes was born December 8, 1936, in Florence County, a son of the late Press and Hannah Miles Wilkes. He graduated from Florence County schools and was retired from law enforcement. Don served as a policeman with the Lake City Police Department and later as chief deputy for three different sheriffs with the Williamsburg Sheriff’s Department.

      Surviving in addition to his wife Nancy, of Kingstree are: his children, Donna (Clay) Matthews, Linda (Samuel David) Hanniford, Vicki (Randy II) Haselden, Kenny (Renita) Wilkes, Allen (Kim) Wilkes, and Terry (Tammy) Wilkes, all of Kingstree, David (Linda) Wilkes, of Ladson, Tony (Karen) Wilkes, of Pamplico, and Linda (John) Whitaker, of Rocky Mount, NC; a brother Bob Wilkes, of Columbia; 13 grandchildren; and 7 great grandchildren. Special thanks go to special friend Brandon McGee and special niece Casey Gause, and for all the help from Hospice Care of SC.

      Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Sunday, September 11, 2011, in the Second Baptist Church of Kingstree, with burial in the church cemetery.

      The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 PM Saturday at Williamsburg Funeral Home.

      Memorials may be made Second Baptist Church, 20 Dennis Ave., Kingstree, SC 29556 or Kingstree Church of God, 105 Gourdin St., Kingstree, SC 29556.
    Burial 11 Sep 2011  Second Baptist Church Cemetery, Kingstree, Williamsburg, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I18311  tng Genealogy

    Father William Preston Wilkes,   b. 8 Apr 1886, Florence, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Sep 1937, Florence, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Ida Hannah Miles,   b. 19 Feb 1902, Florence, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Apr 1977, Florence, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F6418  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Ann Knotts,   b. 6 Apr 1936, Lamar, Darlington, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Feb 2010, Kingstree, Williamsburg, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 23 Jan 1953  [5
    Divorce 1982  [5
    Children 
    +1. Living
     2. Kenneth Ray Wilkes,   b. 29 Aug 1955, Lake City, Florence, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Dec 2011, Kingstree, Williamsburg, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +3. Living
     4. Living
    +5. Living
    +6. Living
    +7. Living
    Family ID F6415  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Living 
    Children 
     1. Living
    Family ID F8573  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Jacquelyn Elizabeth Epps,   b. 10 Feb 1929, Florence, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jan 1961, Florence, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Living
    Family ID F8574  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 8 Dec 1936 - Lake City, Florence, South Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsSSN issued - 1953 - South Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Kingstree, Williamsburg, South Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 9 Sep 2011 - Kingstree, Williamsburg, South Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 11 Sep 2011 - Second Baptist Church Cemetery, Kingstree, Williamsburg, South Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
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    Donald Reese Wilkes photo

  • Sources 
    1. [S399] Erica Wilkes, 02 Apr 2010.

    2. [S397] Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 2, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online.
      Record for Donald R Wilkes

    3. [S344] Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Database online. Number: ; Issue State: South Carolina; Issue Date: 1953.
      Record for Donald Reese Wilkes
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ssdi&h=90962618&indiv=try
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ssdi&h=90962618&indiv=try

    4. [S122] FindaGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85680217
      http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=85680217.
      http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=85680217

    5. [S399] Erica Wilkes, 06 Apr 2010.