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Mary Ruth Wilkes

Mary Ruth Wilkes

Female 1934 - 2020  (86 years)

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  • Name Mary Ruth Wilkes  [1
    Birth 20 Jan 1934  Lyons, Toombs, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1935  Rural, Toombs, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Residence 1940  Militia District 1521, Toombs, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Age: 6; AttendedSchool: No; EnumerationDistrict: 138-12; GradeCompleted: None; ResidenceFarmNineteenThirtyFive: No; MaritalStatus: Single; RelationToHead: Daughter 
    Death 3 Jun 2020  Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Mary Wilkes O’Neal age 86, passed away Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at her daughter’s home while under the care of hospice.

      Mrs. O’Neal was born in Lyons on January 20, 1934 to the late Thelma Smith Wilkes and Emmitt Wilkes. She was a homemaker, a member of Burkhalter Baptist Church, and loved to fish and cook for her family.

      In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, Enoch Roscoe O’Neal; son Terry L. O’Neal; one grandson, Gary Rigdon, Jr.; four sisters Eudine Smith, Wonnie Dismuke, Helen Graham, and Lucille Phillips and one brother, Buster Wilkes.

      Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Mickey Wayne and Lana O’Neal of Pooler; two daughters and a son-in-law, Loretta Sue and Gary Rigdon of Hephzibah and Nancy Ciucevich of Savannah; one sister, Lawanna Weaver of Columbus, GA; 10 grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

      Visitation will be held 6-8 P.M. Friday, June 5, 2020 at the funeral home.

      A graveside funeral service will be held 11 A.M. Saturday, June 6, 2020 in the Galbreath Family Cemetery.

      https://www.flandersmorrisonfuneralhome.com/obituary/Mary-ONeal
    Burial Galbreath Cemetery, Montgomery, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I39656  tng Genealogy

    Father Emmitt Waldo A Wilkes,   b. 13 Feb 1897, Toombs, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jun 1962, Toombs, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Thelma Smith,   b. 7 Apr 1900, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Aug 1994, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F14691  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Enoch Roscoe O'Neal,   b. 19 Jan 1932, Alston, Montgomery, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jan 2016, Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Family ID F14692  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 20 Jan 1934 - Lyons, Toombs, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 3 Jun 2020 - Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S474] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Year: 1940; Census Place: Toombs, Georgia; Roll: m-t0627-00714; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 138-12
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2442&h=53750741&indiv=try
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      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2442&h=53750741&indiv=try