Obituary for
Robert L. Wilks

submitted by Edgle Dyer

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                                        Services for Robert L. Wilks, 72, formerly of Brownfield were held
                                        at 10 am Wednesday, December 13, 2006, at Calvary Baptist Church
                                        with Rev. Steve Carter and Carrol Herring officiating.  Interment
                                        was in Terry County Memorial Cemetery under the direction of
                                        Brownfield Funeral Home.

                                        Robert passed away Sunday, Dec. 10, 2006, in Lubbock.  He was
                                        born Jan. 23, 1934, in Ardmore, OK to Charles and Mabel Wilks. 
                                        He was a US Army Veteran.  He married Peggy Herring, Nov. 26,
                                        1956, in Aberdeen, MD. Robert worked for Goodpasture from 1971
                                        until retiring in 1997.  He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church
                                        in Brownfield.

                                        He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Peggy, of Lubbock; two sons,
                                        Les Wilks and his wife, Beth Ann, and Greg Wilks and his wife, Debbie,
                                        both of Lubbock; a daughter, Gena Wilks, of Lubbock; four grandchildren,
                                        Sagan, Brooke, Logan and Mason; two brothers, Wendell Wilks of Lubbock
                                        and Johnny Wilks of Marion, IN; a sister, Sharon Stewart of Warsaw, IN.

                                        Memorials may be made to Calvary Baptist Church Building Fund.


                                        Brownfield News

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