Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Wednesday, August 14, 1974

James W. Wilkerson

WINNFIELD -- Funeral services for James W. Wilkerson, 85, of Joyce, were at 10 a.m. today at the chapel of Southern Funeral Home of Winnfield.

The Rev. Jimmy Yocum and the Rev. Dick DeBusk officiated with burial at the Old Union Cemetery.

He died early Tuesday at the Winnfield General Hospital.

Survivors include three sons, Glyn Wilkerson, Highlands, Tex., Harlan Wilkerson, Beaumont, Tex., and Phillip Wilkerson, Joyce; two daughters, Mrs. Ordez Huckaby, Hodge, and Mrs. George Feger, Winnfield; one brother, Ligh Wilkerson, Joyce; one sister, Mrs. Claude Harrison, Hodge, nine grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.