Robert D. Wilkinson

Holman-Abbeville Mortuary & Cremations

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Posted by: Holman Mortuaries
holmanmortuaries.com
334-585-5261
Date: Sep 29 2021 10:38 AM

BLUE SPRINGS…Robert D. Wilkinson, a resident of Blue Springs, Alabama, died Tuesday afternoon, September 28, 2021, in a Dothan hospital. He was 68.

   Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A. M. Friday, October 1, 2021, in the Shiloh Word Fellowship Church, located on Highway 10, between Blue Springs and Clopton, with Reverend James E. Ward, Jr. and Reverend Charlie Joyner officiating. The family will receive friends from 10:00 until 11:00 A.M. Friday in the church sanctuary. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Holman-Abbeville Mortuary & Cremations is in charge of arrangements. Social distancing guidelines and masks will be observed.

   Robert Wilkinson was born and reared in Barbour County, son of the late Joe Wilkinson and Eunice Campbell Wilkinson. He moved to Blue Springs thirty-six years ago. Robert was a member of the Shiloh Word Fellowship Church. He was retired from the State of Alabama Road Department as a Maintenance Superintendent after forty-four years employment. Robert was preceded in death by two sisters, Betty Campbell and Mary Jane Robinson, two brothers, Ed Wilkinson and Joe Wilkinson, Jr., and also his mother-in-law, Virginia Ward.

   Surviving relatives include his wife, Jenita Ward Wilkinson; a daughter, Brittany Joyner (Michael), Midland City; a sister, Marilyn Matinestz (Maurice); two brothers, William Wilkinson (Betty Jean) and David Wilkinson (Cherry); two grandsons, John Joyner and Joshua Joyner; his father-in-law, Reverend James Earl Ward, Sr., and a brother-in-law, Reverend James E. “Buddy” Ward, Jr. (Charlene); numerous nieces and nephews. 

   Serving as active pallbearers will be Sam Thomas, George Thomas, Rodney Reeves, Bobby Haynes, Desmond Johnson and Jamey Brascom. 

HOLMAN ABBEVILLE MORTUARY & CREMATIONS IS IN CHARGE OF FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS. Phone 334-585-5261.You may sign a guest register at www.holmanmortuaries.com. This firm does not own a crematory.

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