Elton Wilkerson '57
July 28, 2016 3:53 PM
updated: July 29, 2016 8:12 AM
Memorial Oaks Funeral Home | Memorial Oaks Cemetery obituary
13001 Katy Fwy, Houston, TX 77079 | 281-497-2210
Elton Ray Wilkerson
August 28, 1934 - July 27, 2016
Visitation
Saturday, July 30, 2016 | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Memorial Oaks Funeral Home
13001 Katy Freeway, Houston, Texas 77079 | (281) 497-2210
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Funeral Service
Saturday, July 30, 2016 | 3:00 pm
Memorial Oaks Funeral Home
13001 Katy Freeway , Houston, Texas 77079 | (281) 497-2210
Driving Directions
Elton Ray Wilkerson, 81, passed on Wednesday, July 27, 2016, in Sugar Land, Texas. He graduated from Texas A&M in 1957 with a BS in Petroleum Engineering and was a member of the Corps of Cadets.
After serving 4 years as an USAF officer in Maine, he worked for and retired from Unocal petroleum. During his career he lived in Michigan, Wyoming, Utah and Texas. He was a Freemason and a Church Elder and enjoyed scuba diving, sailing, theater and time with
family.
Elton will join in eternity his parents Ray R. and Lilly H. Wilkerson and his sister Carolyn Anderson. He is survived by his wife, Judy Wilkerson, his sister Gwenda Berry, his daughters; Kathryn L. Malin and Jennifer S. Lilly, his step-children Shelly and Robert
Mathews, his grandchildren J.Brandon Rollins, Sarah C. Lilly and John A. Malin, his great-granddaughter, Summer F. Rollins and many other relatives and friends who will miss and love him forever.