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DATE: WEDNESDAY, December 8, 1993                   TAG: 9312080274
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: ALTAVISTA                                 LENGTH: Short


OBIT WILKES, WILHELMINA BLANCHE

WILKES, Wilhelmina Blanche, 86, of 1294 Lynch Road, Altavista, died Tuesday, December 7, 1993, in St. John's Nursing Home. Born in Bedford County, November 6, 1907, she was a daughter of the late Sam and Mollie Kenneth Wilkes. She was a retired employee of The Lane Company and a member of Leesville United Methodist Church. She is survived by one niece, Geraldine Johnson of Altavista; three nephews, Ray Plymale and C. D. Johnson, both of Altavista, and Harold Johnson of Newport News; one great niece, June Plymale of Charlotte, N.C. and one great nephew, Billy Plymale of Blacksburg. A funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday in Leesville United Methodist Church by the Rev. Gene McMutt. Burial will be in the Kenneth Family Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday and other times at the residence of Ray Plymale, 1296 Lynch Road, Altavista. Arrangements by Finch & Finch Funeral Home.



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