Charles P. Wilkes' Obituary
C. PAUL WILKES, 70, died January 11, 2011. The family will receive friends from 1:30 p.m. until service time at 2:30 p.m., Friday, January 14 at Memorial Park Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Wilkes was a loving husband, father and grandfather. He was employed at St. Joseph Hospital for the last 10 years and formerly employed as a respiratory therapist at the Veterans Medical Center for 30 years. He retired from City of Bartlett, Senior Citizen Center in 2003. Mr. Wilkes leaves his wife of 49 years, Sharon Wilkes; a daughter, Paulette Powell and her husband, Pete of Bartlett; grandchildren, Parker and Paxton Powell; sister-in-law, Marilyn Lucas and her husband, Terry Buckalew of Falls Church, VA; nephews, Steve and his wife, Kaye Scherling of Michigan and Ed Buckalew; nieces, Julia Potts and her husband, Bob, Cathy Rich Tithof of Michigan, Marnie Buckalew; great-niece, Davina Roberts and her husband, Dave. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, LeBonheur Children’s Medical Center, and Methodist LeBonheur Germantown Hospital NICU Unit
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