Merle Wilkes Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Merle Wilkes (Vidalia, Georgia), who passed away at the age of 97, on May 4, 2022. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Merle Wilkes to show support.
She was predeceased by: her husband J. C. Wilkes; her son Larry Wilkes; her grandson Chad Wilkes; and her siblings, Claude, Willard, Talmadge, Curtis, Jake, Jim Pye, Mary Hudson and Ruth Sharpe.
She is survived by: her son Greg Wilkes (Cherie) of Cartersville, Georgia; her daughter-in-law Sandra Meek Wilkes of Peachtree City, Georgia; her daughters, Cynthia Smith (Tim) of Jacksonville, Deidre Forsyth (Duncan) of Kiawah and Lydia Barfoot (Alan) of Dublin; her grandchildren, John Wilkes (Heather), Jeremy Wilkes, Ty Wilkes (Elizabeth), Adam Barfoot (Elizabeth), Allyson Vincent (Michael), Alex Barfoot (Hannah), Colin Forsyth (Katie), Lindsey Smith (Brent Westrop) and Taylor Smith (Margaret Klein); and her siblings, Laura Kate Jones of Lyons and Jack Pye of Lincolnton, Georgia.. She is also survived by sixteen great-grandchildren.