Obituaries: E. D. Wilkins, 1956, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: April 26, 1956 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Funeral Services For E. D. Wilkins Held April 25

Funeral services for E. D. Wilkins, 55 , owner and operator of the Dodson meat
curing plant, who died April 24 in a Winnfield hospital following a two weeks
illness, were held April 25 in the Dodson Methodist Church with the Rev. 
Grafton Shaw and Dr. W. L. Holcomb officiating.  Burial was in the Winnfield
Cemetery.

Acting as pallbearers were Henry Kornegay, Clayton Norred, Carthal Payne, Paul
Vayne Gaar, Linton Matthews, and J. Y. Terry.

Mr. Wilkins was a member of the Dodson Methodist Church.

He is survived by his wife and two sons, James Clark of Dodson and Edgar, Jr.,
of Natchez, Miss.; two grandchildren; his mother, Mrs. B. D. Wilkes, one
brother, E. G. Wilkins, and one sister, Mrs. Marshall Borland, all of Dumas,
Ark.

(Not sure if deceased's mother's name is correct, may be a typo; but that's
what the obit. had)