Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
BirthMar 5, 1923, Mayodan, North Carolina269,263
DeathJan 11, 1999, McLeansville, Guilford County, North Carolina269,263
BurialBethel Presbyterian Church, 300 Knox Rd, McLeansville, Guilford County, North Carolina470, Mary Helen Wilkins Reese
FatherJames Alfred WILKINS (1897-1969)
MotherMaggie Jane NEWMAN (1898-1980)
Spouses
BirthAug 16, 1923, Guilford County, North Carolina269,263
DeathFeb 25, 2003, Guilford County, North Carolina263
BurialBethel Presbyterian Church, 300 Knox Rd, McLeansville, Guilford County, North Carolina470, Rev Henry Lee Reese
FatherDavid Carrington REESE (1879-1946)
MotherMary Edna EVANS (1890-1975)
MarriageDec 25, 1940, North Carolina263
Obituary Online notes for Mary Helen WILKINS
Daughter of Maggie Newman and James Wilkins. Following obituary is from the Greensboro News & Record (NC), dated January 12, 1999.

GIBSONVILLE - Mrs. Helen Wilkins Reese, 75, of 333 Knox Road, died Monday, Jan. 11, 1999, at Moses Cone Memorial Hospital.

The funeral will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, 1999, at the Twin Oak Pentecostal Holiness Church, with burial in the Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

Mrs. Reese, a native of Rockingham County, was a member of the Mayodan Pentecostal Holiness Church, was a good wife and mother and assisted her husband's pastorates in North Carolina and Virginia. 

She is survived by her husband of fifty-five years, the Rev. Henry Reese of the home; daughter, Mary Janice Reese Neal of Kernersville; son, Fredrick Lee and his wife, Vickie Reese of Charlotte; three grandchildren, Heather Reese, Christian Reese and Timothy Reese. She was predeceased by her brother, James Wilkins; father, Alfred Wilkins and mother, Maggie Wilkins. 

The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. tonight at Forbis & Dick North Elm.
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