TITLE: John Edward Wilks

SOURCE: The News and Reporter, May 16, 2001

SUBMITTED: The News and Reporter

FORMATTED: Kim Grissom, May 2001

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Mr. John Edward ‘Fat’ Wilks, 84

CHESTER — The funeral for Mr. John Edward “Fat” Wilks of 846 Featherstone Road, Chester, 
will be conducted at 2 p.m. today at Gethsemane Baptist Church, Darby Road, Chester. Burial 
will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Wilks, 84 died Friday, May 11, 2001, at Chester County 
Hospital. Mr. Wilks was educated in Chester County schools. He served in the U.S. Army and was 
honorably discharged. He was the owner of Wilks Garage. He was also employed by Springs 
Industries and Essex Manufacturing. Mr. Wilks was a faithful member of Bethel Baptist Church 
where he served on the Deacon Board. He was preceded in death by his wife; the late Tommie Lee 
Kitchen Wilks. He is survived by three sons, Charles Kitchen and his wife, Barbara, Rayford 
Wilks and his wife, Barbara, all of Charlotte, John Curtis Wilks, Columbia; two daughters, 
Mrs. Juanita McKeown and her husband, Samuel, of Honolulu, Hawaii and Mrs. Telatha Hannah and 
her husband, Ervin, of High Point, N.C.; four sisters, Ms. Annie Mae Wilks, Mrs. Hattie Davis, 
Mrs. Beatrice La Prade and Mrs. Mary Alice Vance and her husband, Elmo, all of Chester; nine 
grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends at the home. The 
remains will lie in state at 12:30 p.m. at the church. Flowers may be delivered to the church 
prior to the service. King’s Funeral Home, Pageland, is in charge of arrangements.


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