Robert Edwin Wilkinson
Oct. 30, 1926 – July 10, 2015

Robert Edwin Wilkinson passed from this life Friday, July 10, 2015. He was born in Washington, NC on October 30, 1926 to the late Edwin W. and Odelle V. Wilkinson, and grew 
up on a farm in nearby Pantego, NC. He was a graduate of Pantego High School and Atlantic 
Christian College (now Barton College), and a veteran of the US Navy, serving on three 
different ships during World War II. He was retired from Leeds and Northrup Company, where 
he spent most of his working career as a sales engineer. He was an avid gardener, and loved to 
work in his yard tending his vegetables and flowers. He also loved saltwater fishing, and 
enjoyed taking his boat out into the Chesapeake Bay or to the Outer Banks with friends and 
family.

Bob is survived by his loving wife of nearly 64 years, Anne O’Neal Wilkinson; three sons, Robert 
Edwin Wilkinson, Jr. (Eddie) and his wife Martha, James Walton Wilkinson (Walt) and his wife 
Celeste, and Cecil David Wilkinson (David); five grandchildren, Sarah Wilkinson, Matthew 
Wilkinson, Madeline Carter Wilkinson, Mary Rose Wilkinson, and Clementine Wilkinson; his 
brother, Donald Wilkinson and his wife Patricia; and his niece and nephew, Donna Wilkinson 
Thorne and Christopher Wilkinson. He was preceded in death by his half-brother, Haywood 
Lancaster.

A memorial service will be held at J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home in Chester, 3050 W. 
Hundred Road, on Friday, July 17 at 2 PM. The family will receive visitors one hour prior to the 
service. Interment will be at 2 PM Saturday, June 18 at Yeatesville Cemetery in Yeatesville, NC. Condolences may be registered online at www.jtmorriss.com.