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Edna Earl Cook Wilkinson

Birth
Fulton County, Georgia, USA
Death
3 Sep 1985 (aged 66)
Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Snellville, Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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Edna Earl Cook (24 Georgia), a resident of Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, married Milton Holmes Thompson (25 Texas), also a resident of Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, on 26 February 1944 in Laguna Beach, Orange County, California. They were married by Rev. Raymond I. Braham, Presbyterian Minister. She was the daughter of James A. Cook and Bertha M. Donaldson; Milton was the son of W. C. Thompson and Margaret Kelling. Edna was a stenographer, Milton was in the U.S.M.C. It was the first marriage for both.

2nd Lt. Milton H. Thompson was killed when his plane disappeared on 21 February 1945 while returning from a mission. It is presumed that he crashed into the ocean somewhere northeast of Mindanao in "deteriorating weather" while heading back to his base at Guiuan, Samar, Philippines Islands. "No trace was found of him or his plane".

Mrs. Edna E. Thompson married Mr. William Lee Wilkinson, Jr., on 24 February 1950 in Clarke County, Georgia. They had three daughters. Edna and William divorced in 1974.
Edna Earl Cook (24 Georgia), a resident of Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, married Milton Holmes Thompson (25 Texas), also a resident of Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, on 26 February 1944 in Laguna Beach, Orange County, California. They were married by Rev. Raymond I. Braham, Presbyterian Minister. She was the daughter of James A. Cook and Bertha M. Donaldson; Milton was the son of W. C. Thompson and Margaret Kelling. Edna was a stenographer, Milton was in the U.S.M.C. It was the first marriage for both.

2nd Lt. Milton H. Thompson was killed when his plane disappeared on 21 February 1945 while returning from a mission. It is presumed that he crashed into the ocean somewhere northeast of Mindanao in "deteriorating weather" while heading back to his base at Guiuan, Samar, Philippines Islands. "No trace was found of him or his plane".

Mrs. Edna E. Thompson married Mr. William Lee Wilkinson, Jr., on 24 February 1950 in Clarke County, Georgia. They had three daughters. Edna and William divorced in 1974.


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