Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameLeman Joseph WILKINSON [52046], [52044], [52045]
BirthJul 26, 1914, Addison, Addison County, Vermont [52046]
DeathDec 24, 1961, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina [52046]
BurialSunset Memory Gardens, 8901 Lawyers Rd, Mint Hill, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina [52046]
FlagsUS Army, World War II
Spouses
BirthDec 3, 1921, Alamance County, North Carolina [52042]
DeathApr 5, 2011, Gaston County, North Carolina [52042]
BurialSunset Memory Gardens, 8901 Lawyers Rd, Mint Hill, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina [52042]
FatherCharles Egbert GREESON Sr. (1893-1952)
MotherEdith Howell TRUITT (1900-1983)
MarriageOct 3, 1943, Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina [52043]
Obituary Online notes for Leman Joseph WILKINSON
--Son of William Perry Wilkinson and wife Mary. The family lived in Ticonderoga, NY in 1920. Leman lived in the home of a cousin in Troy, NY in 1930.

--World War II Veteran; U.S. Army. He entered the service in March 1943 in Albany, NY.

--Occupation: Truck Driver for Pilot Freight Lines.

--He married Ruby Greeson. They lived in Alamance County, NC a few years before moving to Charlotte. They had 9 children, although the youngest was not born until a few months after Leman's death. Children's names listed in wife's memorial.

--Cause of death: heart attack.
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Obituary Online notes for Ruby Inez (Spouse 1)
--Daughter of Charles Egbert Greeson and wife Edith.

--Ruby married Leman J. Wilkinson. They lived in Alamance County a few years before moving to Charlotte. They had 9 children: Ruby D., Egbert Joseph, Saraphine Marie, William P. "Bill", Margaret Frances, Alice Fay, twins Emma Rose and Edith Lee, and Catherine L. "Katy" Wilkinson. Ruby had 17 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren.

(Information from NC Birth Index, obituary in Gaston Gazette on 4/8/2011)
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Last Modified Jun 11, 2025Created Nov 10, 2026 by Terry M. Whitesell, using Reunion for Macintosh
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