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Ira Ernest Wilkerson
5 Aug 1902 – 10 Oct 1981
| Birth | 5 Aug 1902 |
| Death | 10 Oct 1981 |
| Cemetery | Keith Springs Cemetery Belvidere , Franklin County , Tennessee , USA |
| Added by | Ruby Sisk on 30 Nov 2021 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/233427815 |
Bio
Ira Ernest Wilkerson, 79, of Keith Springs, long identified with Franklin County politics and a former County official, died Saturday morning at Emerald Hodgson Hospital following an extended illness. He leaves more than 72 immediate survivors. Mr. Wilkerson was a leader in the Democratic party from the 16th Precinct. A retired employee of the state highway department, he served a school commissioner of the 16th District in 1944 and as a magistrate of the old Franklin County Quarterly Court in 1939 and again in 1966. Mr. Wilkerson was a native of Jackson County, Alabama, born August 5, 1902. He was the son of Mike and Mary Melissa Williams Wilkerson. He was a member of Keith Springs Baptist Church. Services were today at Moore Cortner Chapel. The Rev. O.P. Etheridge, the Rev. Bobby McGee and the Rev. Neil Foster officiated. Burial was in Keith Springs Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Eliza May Wilkerson; five sons, William H., Hazel Crest, Illinois, Prentice, James M. and Charlie T., all of Keith Springs, Terry W. Wilkerson, Cowan; five daughters, Mrs. Barbara Mangum and Mrs. Lena Steele, Keith Springs, Mrs. Judy Sisk, Harvey, Illinois, Mrs. Linda Davis, Salina, Kansas and Mrs. Jo Marino, Hazel Crest; stepmother Mrs. Lucy Wilkerson, Fackler, Alabama; seven brothers, Clarence, Hollywood, Alabama, Clyde, Scottsboro, Alabama, Edward and Mike Wilkerson Junior, Fackler, Elbert Miller, Princeton, Alabama, and Olbert Miller, Huntland; seven sisters, Mrs. Pearl Judge, Mrs. Sadie Stephens, Winchester, Mrs. Lena Cornelison, Mrs. Velma Grider, and Mrs. Marie Ledbetter, all of Hollywood, and Mrs. Pauline Durham And Mrs. Hoag, both of Scottsboro; 33 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
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- Avery C Morris 1888–1966
- Arthur Clarence Morris 1891–1958
- General Floyd Morris 1893–1978
- Vergie Wilkerson Miller 1896–1961
- Pearl Bell Miller Judge 1905–1987
- Olbert Marion Miller Sr 1907–2005
- Clarence David Wilkerson Sr 1909–1988 FaG
- Elbert Miller 1909–1997
- Thelbert Miller 1912–1977
- Clyde Thomas Wilkerson 1912–1997 FaG
- Sadie Lodema Miller Stephens 1914–2004
- Pauline Wilkerson Durham 1916–1986 FaG
- Lena Arlene Wilkerson Cornelison 1919–2007 FaG
- Dee Edward "D Hap" Wilkerson 1922–2005 FaG
- Ruby Wilkerson Hoge 1924–1994 FaG
- Levi "Al" Wilkerson 1927–1988 FaG
- Mike "Scasey" Wilkerson Jr 1929–2019 FaG
Children
- William Horace Wilkerson 1925–2011 FaG
- Mary Frances Wilkerson 1927–1947 FaG
- Avery Floyd Wilkerson 1929–1931 FaG
- Barbara Pearline Wilkerson Mangum 1932–2020 FaG
- Geraldine Judy Wilkerson Sisk 1934–2025 FaG
- Ernest Levoyd Wilkerson 1936–1938 FaG
- Olbert Prentice Wilkerson 1938–2016 FaG
- James Monroe Wilkerson 1940–1995 FaG
- Br Charlie Thomas "Chuck" Wilkerson 1942–2020 FaG
- Donnie Wilkerson 1948–1948 FaG
- David Wilkerson 1948–1948 FaG
- Terry Michael Wilkerson 1954–2017 FaG
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