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Submitted: 6/2/12 • Approved: 6/13/12 • Last Updated: 8/4/12 • R701495-G701494-S3
April 8, 1898 - November 16, 1978
*Obituray
Springdale News
Friday, November 17, 1978
MRS. R.M. WILKINSON
Mrs. Roxie Mae Wilkinson, 80, of Springdale, died Nov. 16 in Springdale Memorial Hospital. Born April 8, 1898, at Sweetwater, Texas, she was the daughter of Rufus and Rebecca Inman Mahan and a member of Wiggins Memorial United Methodist Church in Fayetteville.
Survivors include two sons, Tom Wilkinson of Springdale and Harry Lee Wilkinson of Fayetteville; five daughters, Mrs. Opal Dalton of Tulsa, Okla., Mrs. Mildred Norris of Springdale, Mrs. Frances Bohe of Minneapolis, Minn., Mrs. Bonnie Heinrichs of Shreveport, La., and Mrs. Debora Bowman of Fayetteville; 15 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the chapel of Nelson Funeral Home, Fayetteville, with the Rev. Ewell Logue officiating. Burial will be in Zion Cemetery east of Springdale under the direction of Nelson.
Pallbearers, all grandsons, were Kevin Bowman, David Oliphant, Loyd Wilkinson, Jon Swope, Robert Cortinez and Jay Swope.
Contributed on 6/2/12 by wfields55
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