Wilkinson - Nelle Truett
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review 7-Sep-1963 p.5
Mrs. Nella Wilkinson, 72, died late Friday at Home Hospital in Lafayette. She had been in failing health for the past several years. Mrs. Wilkinson was born in Silverton, Colo., on March 11, 1891, and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Truett. She was first married to Harry Jeffrey and later to William Wilkinson, both of whom preceded her in death. Mrs. Wilkinson, a member of the Browns Valley Christian Church, had been living with a daughter, Mrs. Jess England, Rt. 2, Brookston, for the past several years. Prior to that she had lived in Crawfordsville and other parts of Montgomery County. Surviving besides Mrs. England, are two sons, Edward V. Jeffrey, Delphi, and Chauncey Jeffrey, Rt. 7, Crawfordsville; a sister, Mrs. Morris Chowning, Terre Haute; a brother, Clarence Truett, Florida; 8 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Services are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Hunt and Son Funeral Home. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after noon Monday.