Beckham Co. - Obit for Tessie Tyla "Tess" Wilkinson, 2006

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Tessie Tyla "Tess" Wilkinson
CANADIAN - Tessie Wilkinson, 94, died Thursday, June 22, 2006.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in First United Methodist Church with the
Rev. Monte Kreis officiating. Burial will be in Edith Ford Memorial Cemetery by
Hughs Funeral Home. Mrs. Wilkinson was born April 11, 1912, in Elk City, Okla.,
to Mr. George Terrell and Mrs. Zenna Denham Terrell. She was a graduate of
Guthrie High School. She married John Paul Wilkinson on Sept. 13, 1930, in
Guthrie, Okla. He preceded her in death on Dec. 14, 1997. They moved to Canadian
in 1939 from Pampa. She was a member of First United Methodist Church and the
Canadian Curtain Club. She was also a homemaker and worked at the Canadian
Record. She was also preceded in death by a granddaughter, Tracey Waterfield
Neilson, in 1981. Survivors include two daughters, Sandy Waterfield and husband
Jim and Shelley Behney, all of Canadian; a brother, Jim Terrell of Amarillo; a
sister, Marie Jones of Denton; two grandchildren, Rick Waterfield and wife Mary
and Cindy Young and husband Craig, all of Canadian; and five
great-grandchildren, Jason Waterfield and Bryan Waterfield, both of Ruidoso,
N.M., and Matt Young, David Young and Tracey Young, all of Canadian. The family
suggests memorials be to Hemphill County Hospice, 1020 S. Fourth St., Canadian,
TX 79014. Sign the online guest book at www.hughsfuneralhome.com.
Amarillo Globe-News, June 23, 2006