Myrl Jean Wilks, 19162016 (aged 99 years)

Name
Myrl Jean /Wilks/
Given names
Myrl Jean
Surname
Wilks
Nickname
Jeannie
Married name
Myrl Jean /McLean/
Birth
Citation details: Delayed Birth, Somervell County, Texas, recorded in Book 3, page 536
Text:

Recorded 22 MAY 1945

Note: Initially Myrl Jean Wilks was not given a middle name by her parents, but her mother, Erie Catharine Wilks of Dublin, Texas, Route 4, certified her name to be "Myrl Jean Wilks" in Affidavit A dated 7 August 1945, State of Texas, County of Erath.
Death of a paternal grandfather
Quality of data: primary evidence
Note: in the home of his son William Wesley Wilks
Burial of a paternal grandfather
Cemetery: Chalk Mountain Cemetery
Quality of data: primary evidence

because of a 2 foot snow he wasn't buried until the 18th of January

Note: Tombstone inscription: B. C. Wilks; 1827 - 1919.
Baptism of a brother
Quality of data: primary evidence
Note: "Bro Bell started a meeting Saterday night before the 3rd Sunday in July lasted eight day, Karl, Dave Casey and wife were Baptised." Erie Wilks
Census
1920 (aged 3 years)
Address: Duffau Precinct
Note: in hh 145-145 as William W. WILKS head 35 TX-AL-IL, Erie C. wife 38 TX-KY-IN, Carl G. [Karl Glyn] 13 and all children TX-TX-TX, Vane M. 10, Reta V. 8, Dale T. 5, MYRL 3 1/2, page 357
Birth of a brother
29th President of the United States
Warren G Harding
March 4, 1921
Birth of a brother
Baptism of a sister
Quality of data: primary evidence
30th President of the United States
Calvin Coolidge
August 2, 1923
Baptism of a brother
Quality of data: primary evidence
Note: by Brother James Howell
Baptism
1930 45 48 (aged 13 years)
Quality of data: primary evidence
Note: Baptised by Bro. Rose during a meeting. Also baptised were Loma [Loma Irene Smith, future wife of Marl Vane Wilks] and "Grandma" [Mary Talula Kirkley Taylor]
Census
Address: Precinct 1, Burnet-Lampasas Road
Note: in hh 26-27 as William W. Wilks head 46 TX-AL-IL farmer, Erie C. 49 AR-KY-IN, Rita V. daughter 18, Dale T. son 15, MYRL daughter 13, Voy G. son 9, Kirby K. son 7, all b. TX except Erie in AR. Under "home owned or rented," William's was O
Marriage of a sister
Citation details: Texas-EASy, Film# 1671495, Reference# Record#1 pg 280
Source: Reta Wilks Ross
Text:

married by Walter Everett, a gospel minister and barber at his home in Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA.

Citation details: Summer 1968
British King
George V
from May 6, 1910 to January 20, 1936
31st President of the United States
Herbert Hoover
March 4, 1929
32nd President of the United States
Franklin D Roosevelt
March 4, 1933
Death of a maternal grandfather
December 4, 19366:00 a.m. Age: 85 years, 8 months, 21 days
Cause: Valvular heart disease
Citation details: Certificate # 58347
Text:

Informant: C. J. Taylor, his son Charles Jenkins Taylor

Burial of a maternal grandfather
Cemetery: Post Mountain Cemetery
Address: Block 018, Lot 06, Plot 04, Traveling west on Highway 29 (Buchanan Drive) approximately two miles from the intersection of Highways 281 and 29in Burnet, turn left onto Southland Drive and then left again on the first road to the left. At end of road turn right into cemetery.
Citation details: Certificate # 58347
Note: tombstone inscription: F. S. Taylor; Mar. 14, 1851; Dec. 4, 1936.
British King
Edward VII
from January 20, 1936 to December 11, 1936
Occupation
Employer: Wharton Hospital
Quality of data: primary evidence
Citation details: Letter dated Nov. 27, 1942 to Erie Wilks
Note: Worked 6 hours a day at the hospital.
33rd President of the United States
Harry S Truman
April 12, 1945
Marriage of a brother
Death of a father
November 26, 1946 Age: 62 years, 7 months, 26 days
Cause: Coronary occlusion/Arteriosclerosis
Address: Route 4, Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA
Text:

Informant: Mrs. W. W. Wilks, his wife

Citation details: Certificate # 49784
Note: died on the farm 4 miles Northwest of Dublin, off the road toward Linglewood, just after he had said "good-bye" to his son, Marl Vane Wilks, who was leaving for Japan
Burial of a father
Cemetery: Chalk Mountain Cemetery
Address: From Glen Rose, Texas go west on Hwy. 67 from Barnard Street. Go about 12.5 miles. turn left on CR 198. After about 1 mile, the road curves to the left. You will come upon a cattle guard where CR 198 turns into CR 2015. After the cattle guard, follow the road for about another .5 mile to the back side of the cemetery. Turn right on the road by the cemetery and follow it around to the front entrance.
Citation details: Texas-EASy, Film# 1845916, Reference# 393
Note: double tombstone inscription: WILKS; William W.; 1884 - 1946 [with his wife] Erie C.; 1881 - 1951
Note: The Chalk Mountain Cemetery is in Somervell County, Texas. The town of Chalk Mountain is in Erath County, Texas although there is not much there anymore.
Death of a mother
Cause: stroke
Quality of data: primary evidence
Burial of a mother
Cemetery: Chalk Mountain Cemetery
Note: double tombstone inscription: WILKS; William W; 1880 - 1946 [with wife] Erie C.; 1881 - 1951
British King
British Queen
Elizabeth II
from February 6, 1952
34th President of the United States
Dwight D Eisenhower
January 20, 1953
Residence
Address: 5407 Willowbend Blvd, Houston, Texas, USA
35th President of the United States
John F Kennedy
January 20, 1961
36th President of the United States
Lyndon B Johnson
November 22, 1963
37th President of the United States
Richard Nixon
January 20, 1969
38th President of the United States
Gerald Ford
August 9, 1974
39th President of the United States
Jimmy Carter
January 20, 1977
Marriage of a sister
Citation details: certificate# 001178, county code: 027
Note: widow and widower
Death of a brother
Citation details: 450-01-1379
Burial of a brother
Cemetery: Post Mountain Cemetery
Address: Block 018, Lot 07, Plot 04, Traveling west on Highway 29 (Buchanan Drive) approximately two miles from the intersection of Highways 281 and 29 in Burnet, turn left onto Southland Drive and then left again on the first road to the left. At end of road turn right into cemetery.
Note: tombstone inscription: WILKS; M. Vane; 1909 - 1980 [next to his wife] Yasuko A.; 1927 - [living]
40th President of the United States
Ronald Reagan
January 20, 1981
41st President of the United States
George H W Bush
January 20, 1989
Death of a brother
Citation details: 459-34-4721
Burial of a brother
Cemetery: McGregor Cemetery
Address: McGregor, McLennan County, Texas, USA GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 31.44843, Longitude: -97.40579
Citation details: Memorial# 101620516. Added 2 Dec 2012 by Ruth M. Brown.
Death of a brother
Citation details: Memorial# 9506168. Added 22 SEP 2004 by Billy Whitis
Burial of a brother
Cemetery: Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Address: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 30.87060, Longitude: -98.17530. Lake Victor, Burnet County, Texas, USA
Citation details: Memorial# 9506168. Added 22 SEP 2004 by Billy Whitis
Note: tombstone inscription: Dale Taylor Wilks, MOMMI US Navy; World War II; Apr 18 1914; Feb 1, 1992.
42nd President of the United States
Bill Clinton
January 20, 1993
Death of a sister
Burial of a sister
Cemetery: Burnet City Cemetery
Address: Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 30.75096, Longitude: -98.21949.
Citation details: Thelma Pauline Wyatt Ross Memorial Photos Flowers Edit Share Learn about removing the ads from this memorial... Birth: Aug. 9, 1939 Jacksonville Duval County Florida, USA Death: Apr. 5, 2012 Burnet Burnet County Texas, USA Thelma was married to Jerry Van Ross on 05 Apr 1968, he was born 20 Dec 1933 in Burnet, Burnet County, Texas, They had one child together, Nancy Janeen Ross, born 01 Dec 1968. Burial: Burnet City Cemetery Burnet Burnet Texas, USA. Apr 09, 2012 Find A Grave Memorial# 88289146
Citation details: Digital photo taken 13 NOV 2009
Note: tombstone inscription: ROSS; L. Charlie; Oct. 6, 1907; Oct. 2, 1977 [beside his wife] Reta Wilks; July 5, 1911; Feb. 3, 1994
43rd President of the United States
George W Bush
January 20, 2001
Residence
Address: 400 East Parkwood Drive, Apt. 174, Friendswood, Galveston County, Texas, USA
Note: sold her Willowbend Blvd, Houston home of 48 years and moved into an 1 bedroom retirement apartment complex.
44th President of the United States
Barack Obama
January 20, 2009
Death of a brother
Address: Hendrick Hospital
1900 Pine Street
Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, USA
Citation details: 455-14-3937
Note: Memorial Service: 17 March 2010 at 3:00 p.m., Assembly of Yahweh. [Assembly of Yahweh (7th day) is just east of US Hwy 183, across from Romney Cemetery, at 109 County Road 280].
Burial of a brother
Cemetery: Romney Cemetery
Address: about 10 miles south of Cisco, Eastland County, Texas, USA on Hwy. 183
Death of a brother
Cause: Congestive Heart Failure
Address: 13 miles SE of Austin, Travis, Texas, USA. 1760 Evelyn Road, Buda, Hays County, Texas, USA
Burial of a brother
Cemetery: Live Oak Cemetery
Address: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 30.12610, Longitude: -97.81690. Manchaca, Travis County, Texas, USA
Note: Services were held at 10:00 A.M., Friday, May 18, 2012 at the Harrell Funeral Home Chapel, officiated by Mr. Mackie Bounds, Bluebonnet Church of Christ, Austin, Travis County, Texas.
Residence
Address: 3407 Kingston Drive, Friendswood, Harris County, Texas, USA
Death
April 27, 201604:00:00 (aged 99 years) Age: 99
Address: 3907 Kingston Drive
Friendswood, Harris, Texas, USA
Citation details: DeathCertificate No.: 142-16-068644
Quality of data: primary evidence
Citation details: DeathCertificate No.: 142-16-068644
Quality of data: primary evidence
Burial
May 1, 2016 (4 days after death)
Address: Wharton, Wharton, Texas, USA
Religion: Church of Christ
Family with parents
father
William Wesley Wilks Portrait
18841946
Birth: April 1, 1884 56 42 Walnut Springs, Bosque, Texas, USA
Death: November 26, 1946Erath, Texas, USA
mother
Erie Catharine Taylor Wilks
18811951
Birth: March 29, 1881 30 40 Washington, Arkansas, USA
Death: August 30, 1951Gorman, Eastland, Texas, USA
Civil marriage Civil marriageAugust 28, 1905Glen Rose, Somervell, Texas, USA
11 months
elder brother
1907-05 Karl Glyn Wilks
19061991
Birth: July 10, 1906 22 25 Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA
Death: September 8, 1991McGregor, McLennan, Texas, USA
3 years
elder brother
Marl Vane Wilks-27 Nov 1957
19091980
Birth: June 19, 1909 25 28 Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA
Death: November 17, 1980Arlington, Tarrant, Texas, USA
2 years
elder sister
Reta Vird Wilks [Ross]
19111994
Birth: July 5, 1911 27 30 Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA
Death: February 3, 1994Grand Prairie, Dallas, Texas, USA
3 years
elder brother
Dale Taylor Wilks_Navy-1943
19141992
Birth: April 18, 1914 30 33 Danville, Yell, Arkansas, USA
Death: February 21, 1992Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, USA
3 years
herself
1919 Myrl Wilks
19162016
Birth: November 20, 1916 32 35 Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA
Death: April 27, 2016Friendswood, Harris, Texas, USA
4 years
younger brother
Voy Wilks - WWII U.S. Army portrait
19202010
Birth: December 17, 1920 36 39 Hedley, Donley, Texas, USA
Death: March 14, 2010Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA
21 months
younger brother
Kirby Wilks_1943-01-04
19222012
Birth: August 31, 1922 38 41 Loop, Gaines, Texas, USA
Death: May 16, 2012Buda, Hays, Texas, USA
Birth
Citation details: Delayed Birth, Somervell County, Texas, recorded in Book 3, page 536
Text:

Recorded 22 MAY 1945

Census
Baptism
Quality of data: primary evidence
Census
Occupation
Quality of data: primary evidence
Citation details: Letter dated Nov. 27, 1942 to Erie Wilks
Residence
Residence
Residence
Death
Citation details: DeathCertificate No.: 142-16-068644
Quality of data: primary evidence
Citation details: DeathCertificate No.: 142-16-068644
Quality of data: primary evidence
Burial
Source citation
Citation details: Pedigree Charts
Source citation
Birth

Initially Myrl Jean Wilks was not given a middle name by her parents, but her mother, Erie Catharine Wilks of Dublin, Texas, Route 4, certified her name to be "Myrl Jean Wilks" in Affidavit A dated 7 August 1945, State of Texas, County of Erath.

Census

in hh 145-145 as William W. WILKS head 35 TX-AL-IL, Erie C. wife 38 TX-KY-IN, Carl G. [Karl Glyn] 13 and all children TX-TX-TX, Vane M. 10, Reta V. 8, Dale T. 5, MYRL 3 1/2, page 357

Baptism

Baptised by Bro. Rose during a meeting. Also baptised were Loma [Loma Irene Smith, future wife of Marl Vane Wilks] and "Grandma" [Mary Talula Kirkley Taylor]

Census

in hh 26-27 as William W. Wilks head 46 TX-AL-IL farmer, Erie C. 49 AR-KY-IN, Rita V. daughter 18, Dale T. son 15, MYRL daughter 13, Voy G. son 9, Kirby K. son 7, all b. TX except Erie in AR. Under "home owned or rented," William's was O

Occupation

Worked 6 hours a day at the hospital.

Residence

sold her Willowbend Blvd, Houston home of 48 years and moved into an 1 bedroom retirement apartment complex.

Death
Shared note

peaceably in her sleep

Note

peaceably in her sleep

Media object
1919 Myrl Wilks
1919 Myrl Wilks
Note: Cropped by her daughter, Barbara McLean Corner
Media object
Myrl Jean Wilks-1936
Myrl Jean Wilks-1936
Note: given to Blake while they were courting.
Media object
Myrl McLean - Wharton Hospital - December 1942
Myrl McLean - Wharton Hospital - December 1942
Media object
Kirby Wilks & Sister, Myrl McLean-Jan 1943
Kirby Wilks & Sister, Myrl McLean-Jan 1943
Note: Picture taken at parent's home in Dublin when Kirby home on leave after basic training in the Army and before going to Europe in WWII.
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Martin T. McLean Sr (1895–1992) 1860 Census for Grayson County, Texas, USA Charles Jenkins Taylor (1894–1971) Julia Kate Anderson (1946–2009) Levia Taylor (1879–1970) Samuel Mortimer McLean (1852–1886) Julia Elizabeth Smith (1872–1962) Elizabeth Goen (1840–1884) Duckey Thurman Wilks (1881–1919) Clara Wilks (1905–1991) Frederick A. Hill (1888–1975) Myrtle Irene Fenter (1918–2003) Charles B. McLean (1804–1883) William W. Corner (1884–1920) Margaret Elizabeth Sloss (1780–1841) Sheron Kuhn McLean (1940–1980) Blake Charles McLean (1915–1994) Perry Alonzo McLean (1911–1999) William Alfred Ross (1878–1960) Edmund S. Goen (1861–1921) Rosa Jewel Taylor (1891–1969) William P. Wilks (1849–1926) Willie Herrin McLean (1879–1892) Albert D. Corner[s] (1868–1904) Robert Rogers McLean (1882–1952) Narcissus Jane Craig (1847–1934) Lee Perry Hitt (1889–1982) Dr. Samuel Stanley Wilks (1906–1964) Ethel A. Reneker (1865–) John Marrs Wilks (1835–1915) 1860 Census Collection for Owen County, Kentucky, USA Rosa Anna McLaughlin (1851–1913) Dale Taylor Wilks + Loma Irene Smith Emma Walter (1875–1956) James Curtis Newman (1905–1997) Ann Elizabeth Kanatzar (1863–1921) Mary Rebecca Adams (1868–1914) Alonzo David McLean (1881–1973) Joe Garrett McLean (1899–1980) Thomas Jefferson Hitt (1830–1891) John Wilks Sr (1734–1806) Ferdinando San Francisco Taylor (1851–1936) Elizabeth Hill McLean (1853–1937) Eleanor Gertrude Knighton (1855–1888) Burt Aguaire (1887–1958)