MARY ELLEN WILKINSON

Mary Ellen Wilkinson, 96, passed away on Feb. 4, 2019  in Wichita Falls, Texas.

A funeral service was held on Monday, Feb. 11, at Hampton Vaughan Crestview Funeral Home Chapel in Wichita Falls, Texas, with Pastor Bobby Gonzales officiating.   Burial followed at Moran Cemetery, Moran, Texas.  

Mrs. Wilkinson was born on Apr. 16, 1922, in Moran, Texas. She was retired from Food Service at Wichita Falls State Hospital.

She was preceded in death by her father, Marcus H. Ward; mother, Derah L. Plummer Ward; her son Leonard Leon Hammons; and brother Harry Ward.

She is survived by three children: Robert G. Wilkinson and wife Sueke of Okinawa, Japan; Derah Maurine Carter and husband Kie of Dallas, Georgia; and Ellen LaRue Hammons.  Six grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, a niece and nephew, and her guardian angels and friends, Elsie Hatcher and Meloney Folsom,  also survive to cherish her memory.

Condolences to the family may be left a www.hamptonvaughancrestview.com. PD