W.Y. M. Wilkerson Obit 1909

TRANSCRIBED BY : TINA EASLEY

tina@grnco.net

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ar/county/greene/

Jan , 4 , 1909 - Paragould Daily Press

ELD. WILKERSON DEAD

THE FOLLOWING ITEM CLIPPED FROM THE JONESBORO TRIBUNE RELATIVE TO THE DEATH OF ELD. W.Y.M. WILKERSON WILL BE SAD INTELLIGENCE TO THE MANY GREENE COUNTY FRIENDS OF THE DECEASED.

THE NEWS OF THE DEATH OF ELD. W.Y.M. WILKERSON HAS BEEN RECEIVED WITH MUCH SORROW BY HIS MANY FRIENDS IN THIS COUNTY.

HE WAS FOR MANY YEARS A RESIDENT OF BUFFALO ISLAND BUT SEVERAL YEARS AGO MOVED TO CHRISTIAN VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD SOUTH OF THE CITY , WHERE HE RESIDED UNTIL A FEW DAYS BEFORE HIS DEATH , WHEN HE MOVED TO THIS CITY.

HE WAS A PREACHER OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. FOR MANY YEARS HE WROTE TO LOCAL PAPER UNDER THE NOMDEPLUME OF " THE TRAMP PREACHER " .

HE LEAVES A WIFE AND SEVERAL CHILDREN TO WHOM THE TRIBUNE LENDERS SYMPATHY.