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Robert Edwin Wilkes Sr.

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Robert Edwin Wilkes Sr.

Birth
Alcolu, Clarendon County, South Carolina, USA
Death
24 May 2005 (aged 78)
Orangeburg County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Saint Matthews, Calhoun County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Robert E. Wilkes Sr. - ST. MATTHEWS

Robert Edwin Wilkes, Sr., 79, of 241 Murph Mill Road, died Tuesday evening, May 24, 2005, in The Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg.

Service will be 11 a.m. Friday, May 27, at St. Paul United Methodist Church with Rev. James McGee officiating. Burial will be in West End Cemetery.

Mr. Wilkes was born in Alcolu, a son of the late Clyde A. and Pearl Victoria Wilkes. He was a graduate of the Medical University of South Carolina in Pharmacy. Mr. Wilkes founded and operated Calhoun Pharmacy for 47 years until his retirement in 1996. Mr. Wilkes was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church and was a former member of the Calhoun Development Board and of the Rotary Club of St. Matthews and was honored in 1995 as "Rotary Man of the Year." He was predeceased by 2 brothers, Claude Warren Wilkes and James Lawrence Wilkes and a sister, Grace Louise Baker.

Survivors: wife, Mrs. Barbara Lewis Wilkes of the home; son and daughter-in-law, Robert Edwin Wilkes, Jr. (Regina), Trubull, CT; daughter, Sherelyn Dale Wilkes, Bangor, Maine; stepdaughter, Mrs. Michael (Anne Lewis) Shealy, St. Matthews; stepson, Malcolm David Lewis, St. Matthews; sister, Mrs. Annie Elizabeth "Lib" W. Taylor, Manning; 2 brothers, Clyde A. Wilkes, Jr., Manning, William H. Wilkes, Swansea; a number of nieces and nephews.

Dukes-Harley Funeral Home in Orangeburg is in charge of arrangements.

Posted: T&D, Thursday May 26, 2005
Robert E. Wilkes Sr. - ST. MATTHEWS

Robert Edwin Wilkes, Sr., 79, of 241 Murph Mill Road, died Tuesday evening, May 24, 2005, in The Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg.

Service will be 11 a.m. Friday, May 27, at St. Paul United Methodist Church with Rev. James McGee officiating. Burial will be in West End Cemetery.

Mr. Wilkes was born in Alcolu, a son of the late Clyde A. and Pearl Victoria Wilkes. He was a graduate of the Medical University of South Carolina in Pharmacy. Mr. Wilkes founded and operated Calhoun Pharmacy for 47 years until his retirement in 1996. Mr. Wilkes was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church and was a former member of the Calhoun Development Board and of the Rotary Club of St. Matthews and was honored in 1995 as "Rotary Man of the Year." He was predeceased by 2 brothers, Claude Warren Wilkes and James Lawrence Wilkes and a sister, Grace Louise Baker.

Survivors: wife, Mrs. Barbara Lewis Wilkes of the home; son and daughter-in-law, Robert Edwin Wilkes, Jr. (Regina), Trubull, CT; daughter, Sherelyn Dale Wilkes, Bangor, Maine; stepdaughter, Mrs. Michael (Anne Lewis) Shealy, St. Matthews; stepson, Malcolm David Lewis, St. Matthews; sister, Mrs. Annie Elizabeth "Lib" W. Taylor, Manning; 2 brothers, Clyde A. Wilkes, Jr., Manning, William H. Wilkes, Swansea; a number of nieces and nephews.

Dukes-Harley Funeral Home in Orangeburg is in charge of arrangements.

Posted: T&D, Thursday May 26, 2005


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