Individual Details

Helen Edith Wilkerson

(15 Jan 1916 - 14 Apr 1999)



1940 Census. Roswell, Chaves, NM, Hh 168
Roy D. Coble, 26, b. OK - lived in Alamagordo, NM in 1935, Mechanic, Welding Shop
Helen, wife, 24, b. TX, lived in same place in 1935
Harry Chesser, son, 5, b. NM
Helen Chesser, dau, 4, b. NM
Janice Coble, dau, 1, b. NM
Deanna Doble, dau, just born, NM

Carlsbad Current-Argus, Carlsbad, NM, 16 Apr 1999, Friday, p.6
Helen E. Coble
CARLSBAD - Funeral services for Helen Edith Coble, 83, of East Plum Lane, will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at Denton-Funchess Funeral Home chapel with Anthony Bryant of Fox and Lake Church of Christ officiating. Interment will be Saturday at 4 p.m. at Monte Vista Cemetery, Alamogordo, with her brother, Donald Wilkerson of a Church of Christ in Arizona officiating.
She died Wednesday, april 14, 1999, at University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque.
Denton-Funchess Funeral Home is in charge of arrangments.
Helen Edith Coble wa born Jan. 15, 1916 in Childress, Texas, to Ernest M. & Martha Jane Elkins Wilkerson. She married Roy Dean Coble on aug. 12, 1937, in Carlsbad. He preceded her in death on Jul 29, 1997.
She was a member of Fox and Lake church of Christ. She enjoyed telling stories and a good argument with her son-in-law. She also enjoyed flower and vegetable gardening, wild birds, and her family. she was an avid reader of arts, music and education. she was a seamstress for her family and never used a pattern. A pattern would be selected from a catalog and she would make it. She enjoyed getting in the car and exploring back roads.
Survivors include a son Harry Chesser, of Seattle, Wash.; four daughters, Helen Jane Robinson of Scottsdale, Ariz., Yvonne Burrier and Edith Inman both of Artesia and Deanna Jarman of Othello, Wash.; five brothers, Burl Wilkerson of Houston, Texas, Jack Wilkerson of Roswell, Ronald Wilkerson of Albuquerque, Donald Wilkerson of Duncan, Arizl, and Bobby Wilkerson of Honduras; two sisters, Martha Belle Lemons and Ernell Herring both of Roswell; one brother-in-law, Clifford Coble of Las Cruces; one sister-in-law, Clara Wilkerson of Roswell; 18 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be family members.
Friends may call today from 1-9 pm at Denton-Funchess Funeral Home chapel and Saturday beginning at 3 pm at Hamilton-O'Dell Funeral Home in Alamorgordo.

Events

Birth15 Jan 1916Childress, Childress County, Texas
Marriage6 Sep 1933Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico - Roderick Norton Chesser
DivorceBef 1937Roderick Norton Chesser
Marriage12 Aug 1937Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico - Roy Dean Coble
Death14 Apr 1999Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico

Families

SpouseRoderick Norton Chesser (1912 - 1995)
ChildHarry Chesser (1935 - 1973)
SpouseRoy Dean Coble (1914 - 1997)
ChildDeanna Carrol Coble (1940 - 2014)
FatherHarvie Ernest Wilkerson (1891 - 1985)
MotherMartha Jane Elkins (1895 - 1996)
SiblingThomas Jackson Wilkerson (1923 - 2013)