Emma Renon Cook Wilkerson

Emma Renon Cook Wilkerson
Emma Renon Cook Wilkerson, 87, passed away at her home in St. George, UT, Saturday, September 17, 2005 after a short illness. She was born July 12, 1918, in Provo, Utah, the first child of John McKinley and Chloe Susan Reynolds Cook. She attended Orem schools and graduated from Lincoln High School. She was married to Woodford Workman Wilkerson on August 3, 1938 and they were later sealed in the Salt Lake Temple.
They first lived in Provo and then in Strawberry Valley where Mr. Wilkerson was working on building roads. They later lived in Orem, Cedar City, Las Vegas, Nev., Evanston, Wyo., on an LDS Stake farm in south Provo and Benjamin. They later moved to California and lived in Yorba Linda and Placentia before moving back to Mona, Utah for several years. The last 9 years they have lived in St. George, UT.
She was active in the LDS Church and served in many callings. She and her husband served two missions for the LDS Church. The first one was in the California Sacramento mission and the second one was in the England London South Mission doing name extraction.
She is survived by two daughters and five sons. They are Gay Wilkerson; Karl C. (Georgia); Douglas C. (Joan); Richard C. (Linda); Dale C. Wilkerson; Kent C. (Lynn) and Tamera (Wayne) Infanger. They are also survived by 32 grandchildren, 57 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild and two brothers and two sisters, Mack Cook, David Cook, Gloria Hicken and Carol Myrup. She was preceded in death by a son and a daughter, Lee C., Nancy (Stanley) Baker, three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren and three sisters, Elaine Brereton, Maxine Cook and Janice West.
Funeral services will be held Friday, Sept. 23, at 10 a.m. at the LDS Ward Chapel, 550 E. 700 S., St. George, UT. There will be a viewing from 6-8 p.m., Thursday at the Metcalf Mortuary, 288 W. St. George Blvd. and at the Chapel from 9 a.m. until 9:45 a.m. preceding the funeral. Burial will be Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. in the Provo City Cemetery.