Leigh Ann Wilmot
My mother, Margaret Johnson Wilmot valued Mike as her closest friend and he gave her much joy and companionship up until she died in 2011… He would take her to lunch almost daily, they had been Central High School sweethearts… when they reunited when mom was about 65, I met Mike, I’m Leigh Ann Wilmot, one of Margaret’s daughters, and it pleased me so to see the happiness they shared… after my mom passed, I would still visit Mike at his home regularly, sometimes even stopping by during a long bicycle ride and we would enjoy sitting outside on his patio under the enormous natural awning of the overhanging oak trees and enjoy a refreshing drink and good conversation,,, he always had a great and fun disposition, manner and mental capacity up until he passed,,,, and until I moved away from Memphis to Louisiana, then Arkansas… After that I only occasionally visited with him at his home and mostly we had enjoyable phone conversations…. I always loved to hear what he had to say and I’ll miss our conversations but I’ll always remember and love the gracious, kind man that he was ….. Rest in Peace, Mike Bourke ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️