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Samuel Wilks Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Jun. 4, 2008.

SAMUEL EDWARD WILKS

TYLERTOWN, Miss. - Samuel Edward Wilks, 71, of Tylertown, Miss., passed away on June 1, 2008. He was born Nov. 4, 1936, in Columbia, Miss., to Pinckney Stephen Wilks and Verna Elizabeth Ross Wilks.
He graduated from Columbia High School, served in the U.S. Army, and attended the University of Mississippi and the University of Louisiana-Monroe, where he received a degree in pharmacy.
He was a retired pharmacist and was an avid fan of Ole Miss athletics. He was a member of Tylertown Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Winnie Ruth Morris Wilks; two daughters and a son-in-law, Lisa Carpenter and her husband Mitchell of Hattiesburg and Amy Smith of Victoria; two sisters, Mary Beth Little of Terry, Miss. and Betty Spence of Purvis, Miss.; two sisters-in-law, Dee Wilks of Columbia, Miss. and Rita Wilks of Utica, Miss.; and three granddaughters, Lauren Carpenter of Hattiesburg, Miss., and Ashley and Meagan Smith of Victoria.
He was preceded in death by his parents and four brothers, William Bryan Wilks, Charles Kenneth Wilks, Joseph Roger Wilks, and James Benjamin Wilks.
Services will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, June 7 at Colonial Funeral Home in Columbia, Miss. Burial with military rites will be in Woodlawn Cemetery in Columbia, Miss.
Memorials may be sent to the University of Mississippi Foundation, P.O. Box 249, University, MS 38677 for the Samuel Edward Wilks Pharmacy Scholarship.

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Scott Morrow

June 5, 2008

My name is Scott Morrow. I was Mr Ed's neighbor for a few years and his youngest daughter's boyfriend for a while. I remember how cool he was and the Ole Miss ball cap he wore all the time. I can still see him driving around in that white van delivering papers. I even remember Amy and I running the paper route a few times. I remember he had a garden and chickens. Even had one named after a Saints player..their punter at the time I think...Russell Erxleben. Mr Ed had a laid back attitude and enjoyed life. I go home to see my parents and have done so for many years. I regret that I never went by and visited with Mr Ed and Mrs Winnie when I was there. Of the time I spent with Mr Ed, it is a fond memory. Condolenses to Amy, Mrs Winnie, Lisa and their families.