BILLY J. WILKERSON
BILLY J. WILKERSON OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, WAS BORN JUNE 25, 1929, IN PALMER, MISSOURI, A SON OF THE LATE JOHN AND SUSIE (CONWAY) WILKERSON. BILLY DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT WASHINGTON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ON OCTOBER 8, 2000, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SEVENTY-ONE YEARS, THREE MONTHS AND THIRTEEN DAYS.
BILLY WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO LORRAINE CARTER ON JANUARY 7, 1978, IN EFFINGHAM, ILLINOIS.
BILLY IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE, LORRAINE WILKERSON OF POTOSI, TWO SONS, BILL EUGENE WILKERSON OF POTOSI, TERRY WILKERSON OF ST. LOUIS, FOUR GRANDCHILDREN, ONE SISTER, LORENE PARSONS AND HUSBAND OTTO OF POTOSI AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. BILLY WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, JOHN AND SUSIE WILKERSON, FOUR SISTERS, NEOMA JOE REVELLE, FLORANCE WHITE, LUCILLE CALLAHAN COX AND CALLIE MEDLEY AND BY ONE BROTHER, HOMER WILKERSON.
BILL WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE GOSPEL CHURCH IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, WHERE HE WAS DEDICATED TO ITS' MANY ACTIVITIES AND TEACHINGS. HE HAD A GREAT LOVE AND ENJOYED HIS CHURCH AND HIS EXTENDED CHURCH FAMILY. BILL ALWAYS LOOKED FORWARD TO THE TIMES HE COULD SHARE IN THE LORDS WORD SINGING AND PLAYING HIS GUITAR.
VISITATION WAS HELD TUESDAY, OCTOBER, 10, 2000, FROM 1:30 P.M. TO 2:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2000, AT 2:00 P.M. AT THE CHAPEL WITH PASTOR BRADLEY MILLER OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN PALMER CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, DENNIS WHITLOCK, THOMAS KELLY, MARTIN HARDY, MOSES COLEMAN, DARRELL BREWER AND DALE WELKER.