Henry Heywood Wilkes

1905 - 1992  (87 years)

• Name	Henry Heywood Wilkes  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	14 Feb 1905	Donalsonville, Seminole, Georgia, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	Red
  Residence	1910	Militia District 1046, Decatur, Georgia, USA   [2]
  Residence	1920	Donalsonville, Decatur, Georgia, USA   [3]
  Death	20 May 1992	Richmond Heights, St Louis, Missouri, USA   [1]
  	Son of the late Oscar Harrison Wilkes and Julia Alice Shine Wilkes, he was a member of First Christian Church of Daytona Beach, FL. He also belong to the Daytona Beach Yacht Club, Elks Lodge #1141 where he was a life member, the Halifax Club and the Halifax Area Kiwanis Club. He was a retired salesman and manager with McFarland Furniture Company after 37 years with the firm. He married Marie Floyd on August 9, 1930, in West Point, Clay County, MS. She preceded him in death on September 23, 1978. He married Cecilla Madiline Zieglar Meyer on Janaury 7, 1979, in Daytona Beach. He was survived by his wife, Cecilla; a brother, William Wilkes; three children (all adopted), Shelburn Elliott Manning Wilkes, Daniel Lee Manning Wilkes and Rita Gail Manning Wilkes Freeman, five granchildren, Susan Gail Wilkes Feindt, Thomas Lee Wilkes, Gwen Marie Freeman Fabulich, Cindy Gail Freeman and Meghan Jane Wilkes; and an extended family of relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by an adopted son, Jon Francis Wilkes, who died in 1950. His funeral was held May 26, 1992, at First Christian Church of Daytona Beach, FL, with The Rev. E. Joseph Hood officiating along with an Elks Memorial Service. Cause of death: ruptured abdominal aorta aneurysm.
  Burial	Daytona Memorial Park, Daytona Beach, Volusia, Florida, USA   [4, 5]
  Person ID	I21271	tng Genealogy

  
  

  Father	Oscar Harrison Wilkes,   b. 1871, Georgia, USA d. 6 Nov 1952, Colquitt, Georgia, USA (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Julia Alice Shine,   b. Dec 1877, Houston, Georgia, USA d. 18 Apr 1924, Georgia, USA (Age ~ 46 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F7284	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marie Floyd,   b. 7 Feb 1900, Pulaski, Kentucky, USA d. 23 Sep 1978, Daytona Beach, Volusia, Florida, USA (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	9 Aug 1930	West Point, Clay, Mississippi, USA
  Family ID	F9807	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S349] Ancestry.com, Florida Death Index, 1877-1998, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Database online. Record for Henry Heywood Wilkes http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=floridadeath&h=3855010&indiv=try http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=floridadeath&h=3855010&indiv=try [S356] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;). Year: 1910; Census Place: Militia District 1046, Decatur, Georgia; Roll T624_183; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 56; Image: 820. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910USCenIndex&h=3344803&indiv=try [ View Federal Census Document] http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910USCenIndex&h=3344803&indiv=try [S347] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;). Year: 1920; Census Place: Donalsonville, Decatur, Georgia; Roll T625_248; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 41; Image: 308. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&h=7795894&indiv=try [ View Federal Census Document] http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&h=7795894&indiv=try [S122] FindaGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27615885 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=27615885. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=27615885 [S142] Gravestone. [ View gravestone photograph]