Robert Lee Wilkinson

Born: Sep. 4, 1877
Amite County  Gloster, Mississippi, USA

Death: Jul. 21, 1961
Amite County  Gloster, Mississippi, USA

 Died 2:30 a.m. Friday, July 21 at his residence in Gloster, Miss. He was 84.

Body at Brown Funeral Home in Gloster. Religious services at Galilee Baptist Church in Gloster at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, July 22.

Survivors include five sons, Roland [sic Rolin], Clarksdale, Miss., Pat, Gloster, H. K., Natchez and B. L. and W. J. Wilkinson, both of Baton Rouge; six daughters, Mrs. Dallas Smith, Nesbitt, Miss., Mrs. Mann Tony [sic Toney], Liberty, Miss., Mrs. Marcus Steele, Natchez, Mrs. Hewitt Kirkland, Baton Rouge, and Mrs. Willie Rowe and Mrs. Otto Freeman, both of Gloster; 31 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.

Published in The Morning Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), July 22, 1961


Pictured here to the right is R.L. Wilkinson with his wife Nancy Toney Wilkinson and children, Lois (sitting on floor), Luna (in lap of dad, R.L.) and Rolin (held by mom, Nancy)

Picture provided by Lois' granddaughter, Pasty Mckenzie Mir of Gloster, MS

The home place located in theBusy Corner community on Mt.Pleasant Rd. in Gloster, MS

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