The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Monday, December 5, 1994               TAG: 9412050009
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

WILLIAM J. WILKINSON SR.

William Joseph ``Joe'' Wilkinson Sr., 49, of the 2400 block of Early St., died Dec. 4, 1994, in a Chesapeake hospital.

Mr. Wilkinson was born in Southport, N.C. He was employed with Frito-Lay as a driver. He was a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church, Virginia Beach.

Survivors include his wife, Sandra F. Wilkinson; and three sons, William Joseph Wilkinson Jr., Kenneth Brian Wilkinson and Michael Scott Wilkinson, all of Norfolk.

The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Graham Funeral Home, South Norfolk Chapel, by the Rev. Arthur Land. Burial will be in Riverside Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Tuesday from 7 to 8 p.m. and at the residence at all other times.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB