Roanoke Times
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DATE: FRIDAY, June 18, 1993 TAG: 9306180285
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
OBIT WILKINSON, RAYMOND R. DR.
WILKINSON, Raymond R. Dr., 69, of Roanoke, passed away suddenly on Tuesday,
June 15, 1993. His death has left his family and friends shocked with grief.
He was pastor of Hill Street Baptist Church in Roanoke for 33 years until his
recent retirement. A native of Amelia County, Va., he earned his B.S. degree
from Virginia Union University, his degree in theology from the Virginia Union
Seminary, and the Doctor of Divinity was bestowed upon him by the Richmond
Theological Seminary. A past president of the Minister's Conference of Roanoke
and Vicinity, his church hosted the weekly meeting for more than 50 years. He
was past president of the Roanoke Chapter of the NAACP and was a pioneer in
the Civil Rights Movement of this area. A member of a bi-racial committee, he
helped paved the way for integration of schools and restaurants in Roanoke.
Those left to survive him are his wife, Barbara Wilkinson; three daughters,
Cassandra Wilkinson, Philidelphia, Penn., Nadine W. Benjamin, Bladensburg,
Md., and Danita Gail Wilkinson, Baltimore, Md.; two grandchildren; two
brothers, William W. Wilkinson, Amelia County, Marion Howard Wilkinson of
Richmond; four sisters, Susie Holmes and Cornelius Overton, both of Richmond,
Mabel Thornton, Washington, D.C., Fannie Fitzgerald, Woodbridge, Va. Funeral
services will be held Saturday, 2 p.m. at the Pilgrim Baptist Church with Dr.
Benjamin Robertson, pastor of Cedar Street Baptist Church, Richmond,
officiating and burial in Old Dominion Memorial Gardens. Friends may call on
the family Friday from 7 until 8 p.m. at the Hamlar-Curtis Chapel.
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