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Eva <I>Lyle</I> Wilkinson

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Eva Lyle Wilkinson

Birth
Rehoboth, Wilcox County, Alabama, USA
Death
7 Mar 1959 (aged 80)
Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Gastonburg, Wilcox County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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Eva Lyle, a daughter of John Sanders Lyle and the former Miss Lucy Bates, was born in the bounds of the family plantation at Rehoboth in Wilcox County, Alabama.

Eva, a gifted artist graduated from Judson College and continued her studies in New York under Robert Henri and William Merritt Chase at the New York School of Art.

On December 1st 1909, Eva married her childhood sweetheart, David Gaston Wilkinson, a son of Asbury and Elizabeth [Gaston] Wilkinson at the Lyle Plantation. This union was blessed with three daughters:
Lucy Elizabeth (1911-2008)
May Murphy (1912-2009)
Eva Gaston (1917-1965)

Eva and David Wilkinson lived in Momtgomery; where David worked with the Alabama State Department of Engineers. Eva continued painting and several of her paintings are part of The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts collection, as shown here, The Big Tree.

Eva Lyle Wilkinson departed this life on May 7th 1959 in the 80th year of her age. She was laid to rest in Gastonburg Cemetery near her parents and husband, who preceded her.


Eva Lyle, a daughter of John Sanders Lyle and the former Miss Lucy Bates, was born in the bounds of the family plantation at Rehoboth in Wilcox County, Alabama.

Eva, a gifted artist graduated from Judson College and continued her studies in New York under Robert Henri and William Merritt Chase at the New York School of Art.

On December 1st 1909, Eva married her childhood sweetheart, David Gaston Wilkinson, a son of Asbury and Elizabeth [Gaston] Wilkinson at the Lyle Plantation. This union was blessed with three daughters:
Lucy Elizabeth (1911-2008)
May Murphy (1912-2009)
Eva Gaston (1917-1965)

Eva and David Wilkinson lived in Momtgomery; where David worked with the Alabama State Department of Engineers. Eva continued painting and several of her paintings are part of The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts collection, as shown here, The Big Tree.

Eva Lyle Wilkinson departed this life on May 7th 1959 in the 80th year of her age. She was laid to rest in Gastonburg Cemetery near her parents and husband, who preceded her.




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  • Maintained by: GMG
  • Originally Created by: Jan Fendley
  • Added: Jun 26, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54137368/eva-wilkinson: accessed ), memorial page for Eva Lyle Wilkinson (7 Sep 1878–7 Mar 1959), Find a Grave Memorial ID 54137368, citing Gastonburg Cemetery, Gastonburg, Wilcox County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by GMG (contributor 47391530).