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| 1. | Living Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Grady Austin Wilkes
 was born on 31 Aug 1936 in Society Hill, Darlington, South Carolina, USA; died on 5 May 2004 in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, USA.
- 3. Frances Eleanor Wilkes was born on 7 Dec 1931 in Society Hill, Darlington, South Carolina, USA; died on 5 Jan 2024 in North Ogden, Weber, Utah, USA; was buried on 10 Jan 2024 in Ben Lomond Cemetery, North Ogden, Weber, Utah, USA.
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- 5. Living
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| 2. | Grady Austin Wilkes (1.Living1) was born on 31 Aug 1936 in Society Hill, Darlington, South Carolina, USA; died on 5 May 2004 in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- SSN issued: South Carolina, USA
- Residence: South Carolina, USA
- Social Security Number: 251-50-7271
Notes:
Grady A. Wilkes
BRIGHAM CITY, Utah -- Grady Austin Wilkes, 67, passed away Wednesday, May 5, 2004 at McKay Dee Hospital with his loving family by his side. He died from valley fever, an illness affecting the lungs that he contracted while spending the winter in Arizona.
Grady was born Aug. 31, 1936 in Society Hill, a son of Clarence Earl and Elma Freeman Wilkes.
He was very proud of his service in the Army. He was a Green Beret and served in Korea with the 11th and 101st Airborne. He also served with the Utah, National Guard, and was a smoke jumper in Alaska. He earned the National Defense service medal and the good conduct medal.
Grady married Ila Rae Estep on July 21, 1962 in Elko, Nev.
He was a member of the Brigham City River Ward.
Grady had various jobs in his life including picking cotton and tobacco as a child until he joined the army at 15 years old. (He always worried that he would end up in Hell picking cotton). After he was honorably discharged he became a federal meat inspector until his entrepreneurial spirit took over and he became a mink rancher in 1964. He then went into the trucking business before starting Brigham Sand & Gravel in 1973, which still operates today. He also started Brigham Block Co. and Wilkes Industrial Sand Co., which is now known as Wisco Block and Pavers.
He loved spending the winters in Arizona and traveling about with his wife of 43 years, Ila Rae Wilkes. He also loved to take Ila for long drives in the evenings to watch the sunset, and have dinners in out of the way places. He spent many hours with her and their grandchildren on their pontoon boat at Willard Bay and Flaming Gorge, or almost nightly sitting on the back deck at their home watching the sunset with his family and friends. He loved his family, his home, his work and his friends and he longed for little else but received much more. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, we will miss his laughter, joyous smile and southern accent, and he will be missed by all who knew him.
Surviving are his wife, Ila Rae Wilkes of Brigham City; children, Grady Dean (Jane) Wilkes of Ogden, Utah, Ann (Wesley) Johnson and Lorraine (Dennis) Durrant, both of Kearns, Utah, Cory Grady (Melissa) Wilkes of Willard, Utah, Troy Grady Wilkes, Brigham City, Utah, Conley Stead (Lisa) Wilkes of Wickenburg, Ariz., and Coby Rust Wilkes of Brigham City, Utah; 20 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; sister and brothers, Frances (Kay) Fuller of St. George, Utah, Murph (Gloria) Wilkes of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Buck (Courtney) Wilkes of Society Hill.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, May 10, at the Brigham City River Ward Chapel, 531 N. 100 W., Brigham City.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, May 9, at Myers Mortuary, 205 S. 100 E., Brigham City and from 10:00 to 10:40 a.m. Monday at the church.
Interment will be in the Plymouth Cemetery.
Send condolences to the family at www.myers-mortuary.com
Published in the Morning News on 5/8/2004.
Grady married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 3. |  Frances Eleanor Wilkes (1.Living1) was born on 7 Dec 1931 in Society Hill, Darlington, South Carolina, USA; died on 5 Jan 2024 in North Ogden, Weber, Utah, USA; was buried on 10 Jan 2024 in Ben Lomond Cemetery, North Ogden, Weber, Utah, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Name: Frances Eleanor Wilkes Burrell
- Residence: 1981, Roy; 49 Age: 49
Notes:
Died:
Frances Eleanor Wilkes Fuller was born in Society Hill, South Carolina on December 7, 1931, and died in her daughter’s arms on January 5, 2024. She was the 7th of 10 children born to her parents, Clarence Earl Wilkes and Elma Freeman. She attended the local schools until she came to Utah in 1949 at age 17.
She quickly found work that she enjoyed, which she was thankful for. She attended Weber State College and then worked at Hill Air Force Base for 27 years before retiring. She married and had 5 children - Lynne Bexell (Terry), David Burrell (Rebecca), Judy Young (Robert), Debbie Ryan (Rick), and Wayne Burrell (Rachelle). She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and always made sure her tithing was paid. She was so proud of the fact that long before they were her grandparents, both sets of her grandparents joined the Church at the same time and began the first branch in Society Hill, SC.
On May 29, 1981, she was sealed to Otis Kay Fuller in the Ogden Utah Temple and gained 3 more children - Greg Fuller (Donna), Pam Murray (Robert), and Jeffrey Fuller. She and Kay served a mission from 1997-1999, in the California San Jose Mission. She had lived and raised her family in Roy and after marrying Kay, they lived in Ogden, North Ogden, and St. George.
After the passing of her cherished husband, she moved back to North Ogden in 2012. She had 36 grandchildren, 123 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Kay, Jeffrey Fuller (son), Debbie Ryan (daughter), Keilie Burrell (granddaughter) and Caden Dirks (great-grandson).
Mom was happy to recognize at the end of her life that she had always tried to live her life using correct principles. She was known for always keeping busy and being productive. She enjoyed her family and was so proud of them and because of that, she felt that she lived a very blessed life. Mom and Dad (Kay) were wonderful cooks and loved preparing food for their family which made us feel so loved! We all are missing our annual fruitcake! Love you Mom!
The family wishes to thank the staff at Quail Meadow Assisted Living and Applegate Hospice for their exceptional loving care of Fran.
Services will be Wednesday, January 10, 2024, 11:00 a.m. with a viewing prior 10:30-11:00 a.m., at Myers Mortuary, 845 Washington Blvd., Ogden, Utah. Interment will be at Ben Lomond Cemetery, 526 E. 2850 N., No. Ogden, Utah.
https://www.myers-mortuary.com/obituary/Frances-Fuller
Frances married Otis Kay Fuller on 29 Apr 1981 in Ogden, Weber, Utah, USA. Otis was born on 16 Aug 1928 in Ogden, Weber, Utah, USA; died on 25 Mar 2012 in St George, Washington, Utah, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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