Willie Elbert WILKINSON, b. 2-21-1906 d. Unknown Year but probably 1980, Nacogdouches Co., TX Son of David N. WILKINSON and Sadie Phillips of Wallace, Pelican, and (maybe) Many, LA, then Melrose, TX. Elbert WILKINSON Funeral for Elbert Wilkinson, Sr. 74, of Woden, will be held at 2 p.m.. Sunday at the Woden Baptist Church with burial in the Melrose Cemetery. Officiating will be Emmett Upchurch of the Woden Baptist Church and W. H. Bartlett of the Melrose Baptist Church. Mr. Wilkinson died Thursday at Memorial Hospital. He was born February 20, 1906, in Many, La, the son of David and Sadie Phillips Wilkinson. Mr. Wilkinson was a retired farmer and school bus driver for the Woden Schools. He and Esther Garret were married Nov. 22, 1924 and she survives him. A member of the Woden Baptist Church Mr. Wilkinson lived in the area most of his life. In addition to his wife, survivors include to sons, Willie Elbert Wilkinson, Jr., of Houston and Bobby J. Wilkinson of Seguin; one daughter, Mrs. Bufford (Mavis) Hammet of Henderson; two brothers, Marvin Wilkinson and Alton Wilkinson, both of Houston; two sister, Mr. Dora Holt of Houston and Mrs. Fannie Johnston of Many, La., nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Pallbears will be Jim Raines, Mark Wilkinson, Greg Wilkionson, Hubert Wilkionson, Buddy Wilkinson, and Randy Heiser. Oakley-Metcalf Funeral Home is in charge of arraignments. I think the reference to Many may be incorrect. In 1980 Mrs. Fannie Johnston lived in Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, and had been there about 35 years. This family lived near Plesant Hill - Wallace so they may have been in either parish in 1906. Grant Johnston, Chico, CA Searching for JOHNSTON, JOHNIKEN, MIDDLETON, WILKINSON, and related names in AL. S. LA. and TX.