 1932 - 2000 (68 years)
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| Name |
James Fay Wilkes [1, 2, 3, 4] |
| Birth |
18 Mar 1932 |
Blackstock, Chester, South Carolina, USA  [1, 2, 3, 4] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
1935 |
Fairfield, South Carolina, USA [4] |
| Residence |
1940 |
Fairfield, South Carolina, USA [4] |
| Age: 8; AttendedSchool: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 20-4; GradeCompleted: Elementary school, 2nd grade; MaritalStatus: Single; RelationToHead: Son |
| SSN issued |
Bef 1951 |
South Carolina, USA [2] |
| Social Security Number |
248-44-2990 [2] |
| Death |
4 May 2000 |
Lugoff, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA [2, 3] |
- James Fay Wilkes was born in the Douglass community of Fairfield County March 18, 1932. He was one of 12 children born to the late Robert M. and Irene Douglas Wilkes. Ten of these children survived, Fay was one of six brothers and four sisters.
He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict having served in the United States Navy.
He is survived by his son Ray Wilkes of Columbia, his daughters Shirley Odom and Wanda Faye Lampert, both of Lugoff; his partner in business and life, Linda Shelton of Lugoff; a brother Earl Wilkes of Blackstock; and sisters, Louise Lewis of Blackstock, Georgia Branham, Essie Swearingen, and Lillian Rhymer, all of Winnsboro; and four grandchildren. Many others - family and friends - mourn his passing.
Mr. Wilkes died Thursday, May 4th after a sudden illness. He was the former owner of the Jim Wilkes Office Equipment Company. He was a member of the Greenlawn Baptist Church in Columbia. He had previously been a member of the New Hope Associate Reform Presbyterian Church in western Fairfield County.
His funeral service was conducted at Salem Presbyterian Church May 7, 2000 at 4 p.m. by the Rev. Richard B. Hodges.
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| Burial |
7 May 2000 |
Salem Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA [3, 5] |
| Person ID |
I26108 |
tng Genealogy |
| Father |
Robert Walker Wilkes, b. 27 Mar 1883, Blair, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA d. 18 Jan 1946, Winnsboro, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA (Age 62 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Irene Douglass, b. 27 May 1893, South Carolina, USA d. 25 Jul 1979, Blackstock, Chester, South Carolina, USA (Age 86 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
24 Dec 1912 [6] |
| Family ID |
F7918 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Birdie Agatha Broome, b. 30 Mar 1936, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA d. 11 Nov 2013, Winnsboro, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA (Age 77 years) |
| Marriage |
1 Oct 1955 |
Winnsboro, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA [1] |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F8731 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Birth - 18 Mar 1932 - Blackstock, Chester, South Carolina, USA |
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 | Residence - 1935 - Fairfield, South Carolina, USA |
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| Residence - Age: 8; AttendedSchool: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 20-4; GradeCompleted: Elementary school, 2nd grade; MaritalStatus: Single; RelationToHead: Son - 1940 - Fairfield, South Carolina, USA |
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 | SSN issued - Bef 1951 - South Carolina, USA |
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 | Marriage - 1 Oct 1955 - Winnsboro, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA |
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 | Death - 4 May 2000 - Lugoff, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA |
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| Sources |
- [S318] Ivan Ernest Bass, Wilkes Family History and Genealogy: Thomas Wilkes (ca. 1735-1809) and His Descendants, (Name: 1965;), Page 430.
- [S344] Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Database online. Number: 248-44-2990; Issue State: South Carolina; Issue Date: Before 1951.
Record for James F. Wilkes
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ssdi&h=67334630&indiv=try
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ssdi&h=67334630&indiv=try
- [S541] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47120100/james-fay-wilkes.
Record for James Fay Wilkes
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=20401668&indiv=try
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=20401668&indiv=try
- [S474] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Year: 1940; Census Place: Fairfield, South Carolina; Roll: m-t0627-03807; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 20-4
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2442&h=137607595&indiv=try
[ View Federal Census Document]
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2442&h=137607595&indiv=try
- [S142] Gravestone.
[ View gravestone photograph]
- [S318] Ivan Ernest Bass, Wilkes Family History and Genealogy: Thomas Wilkes (ca. 1735-1809) and His Descendants, (Name: 1965;), Page 428.
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