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Jerry Donna Wilkes
June 30, 1939 ~ December 6, 2022 (age 83)
Jerry Donna Wilkes, 83 of Columbus, GA died Tuesday December 6, 2022 at Regional Rehab Facility in Phenix City, AL.
The Family will receive friends from 2:00-4:00 PM Saturday, December 10, 2022 at McMullen Funeral Home and Crematory, 3874 Gentian Blvd. Columbus GA 31907.
Jerry was born June 30, 1939 in College Park, GA, daughter of the late John Roy Wiley and Myrtle Mason Wiley. She always had a servant’s heart, as she was a loyal wife and Mom to 5 children. She stayed involved with her local churches and hospitals throughout her lifetime, helping and serving in whatever way she could.
Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James E. Wilkes, daughter Sharon Wilkes, and son James E. Wilkes Jr.
Survivors include her 3 children, Valerie Lea Carothers, Lisa Hershey, and John M. Wilkes: Grandchildren Justin M. Reinacher, Christopher David Hershey, and Elizabeth Lauren Hershey.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made to Evangel Church 5350 Veterans Pkwy, Columbus, GA 31904
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Judy Thomas ((Mitchem) Holley) (1957)
Thank you for posting Jerry's Obituary! I miss my phone conversations with Jerry! Also, the visits back and forth from Florida to Georgia, and Georgia to Florida. It wasn't really that far! Jerry was kind to provide a bed for me in Columbus when my brother, Wray Thomas (CPHS 1946), was in a hospital there in 1997. He later passed away after I had returned home. I sometimes stayed overnight in that same bed when I was visiting Mother in College Park, on Cambridge Avenue. Or my sister, Sandra (CPHS 1960) in north Atlanta, or other siblings. Every weekend, Jerry and I were together in the Methodist Church Sunday School from the time we were infants. Both of our mothers were nursery workers! Mama served in the nursery until she was quite old and no longer able. She was a member there as long as she lived. Mrs.Wiley was a wonderful cook! It makes my mouth water when I think about her buttered biscuits! Better than Hardee's! But Jerry loved my mother's pancakes! I'll admit, they were great! Jerry loved to visit overnight on the weekends when we could. That was when we lived on Oxford Avenue. My little bedroom was upstairs in our 1800's clapboard home; I had a record player Daddy and Mama bought me for Christmas (the only time we received gifts, except birthdays). We had fun playing the...what were they called? The 45's? Anyway, mostly rock n' roll's and other popular music. Nat King Cole, Doris Day, Frank Sinatra, so many to remember! The Happy Days! I'm reminiscing, again! Please forgive,...again!
Judy Thomas, CPHS graduate of 1957.