- Date Of Birth: August 15, 1925
- Date Of Death: November 28, 2020
- Spouse: Geneva Skelton Wilkes
- Children: Dianne and Steve Kennedy, Bunny and Tom Burell, Sherry and Dennis Dean
- Resting Place: Broadlawn Memorial Gardens
- Occupation: U.S. Army Veteran
- City: Buford
- State: Georgia
Harry Wilkes, age 95, of Buford, GA passed away on Saturday, November 28, 2020.
He was preceded in death by his wife of forty-three years, Geneva Skelton Wilkes; parents, Charlie “Hub” and Bertha Dowdy Wilkes; brothers, C. H. Wilkes, Clyde Wilkes and Charles Edwin Wilkes; and sister, Lanell Miller.
Mr. Wilkes is survived by his daughters and sons-in-law, Dianne and Steve Kennedy, Buford, GA, Bunny and Tom Burell, Oakwood, GA and Sherry and Dennis Dean, Conyers, GA; six grandchildren, Tonya and Jeff Barrett, Jody and Joey Spain, Jeff and Theung Kennedy, Hope Sanders, Kelly and Brendan Creegan and Patrick and Alley Dean; fourteen great grandchildren; two great great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Lottie Skelton, Jefferson, GA; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Bascom and Nancy Skelton, McDonough, GA; and a very special friend, Evelyn Hudson and her children, Buford, GA.
Mr. Wilkes was born August 15, 1925 in Jefferson, GA.
He was a 1941 graduate of Martin Institute High School in Jefferson, GA. Mr. Wilkes was a World War II Army veteran having served for three years. He was retired from AT & T a/k/a Bellsouth Telephone Company after thirty-seven years of service as a manager of the Central Office in Buford, GA. He was a member of the Buford American Legion Post No. 127. Mr. Wilkes was a Mason and member of the Buford Masonic Lodge No. 292 F & AM.
He traveled some with the Abundant Life Fellowship at First Baptist Church of Buford. Mr. Wilkes was a member of Buford First United Methodist Church where he was also a member of the Men’s Bible Class, Methodist Men’s Club, sang in the choir, was a former Sunday school teacher and served as a Trustee for a number of years.
