Marilyn Wilkerson

Marilyn Jean Wilkerson, 71, of Mexico, died Saturday, March 12, 2011, at 6:30 p.m., at Audrain Medical Center.

Memorial services with the Rev. Randall A. Sawyer officiating will be held at 5 p.m., Friday, March 18, at the Mexico Elk s Lodge, with an Elks service immediately after the Memorial service. Visitation will be from 4 until 5 p.m., at the lodge.

Mrs. Wilkerson was born on June 4, 1939, in Elkton, Ky., a daughter of Edgar and Margie (Latham) Shemwell. On April 17, 1973, Miami, Okla., she married Luman Tomas Wilkerson, who survives of the home.

Marilyn retired from Missouri Veteran s Home in March 2003. She was a member of the First Christian Church.

In addition to her husband, survivors include two sons, Kenny and Linda Shemwell, Clifty, Ky., and Douglas Ferguson, Elkton, Ky.; two daughters, Shelia and Dale Skinner, Fairbanks, Alaska, and Sherry and Michael Quick, Kearney, Mo.; two brothers, Harold Shemwell, Clifty, Ky., and Howard Shemwell, Elkton, Ky.; two sisters, Sharon Ann Hadden, Princeton, Ky., and Faye Laster, Hopkinsville, Ky.; ten grandchildren, Mikah Wilkerson, Logan Skinner, Caleb Quick, Hannah Quick, Alyssa Quick, Kristie Strader, Wesley Shemwell, Scott Ferguson, Alicia Ferguson, and Travis Shemwell; and three great grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to the Missouri Veteran s Home and sent in care of Pickering Funeral Home, 403 N. Western, Mexico, MO 65265.