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Louis Lee Wilks 1935 – 1999 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 Feb 1935

Birth Location: Brownsville, Haywood, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 17 Feb 1999

Death Location: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA

Father: Countee Wilks

Mother: Edna Allen

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Louis Lee Wilks was born in 1935 in Brownsville, Haywood, Tennessee, USA, the child of Countee Lee Wilks and Edna Allen. Louis Lee Wilks passed away in 1999 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

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Biography

  • Louis Lee Wilks was born in 1935 in Brownsville, Haywood, Tennessee, USA, the child of Countee Lee Wilks and Edna Allen.
  • Louis Lee Wilks passed away in 1999 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

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Louis Wilks's Ancestors

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Louis Wilks
1935 – 1999
Birth Place: Brownsville, Haywood, Tennessee, USA
Parents
Countee Lee Wilks
1907 – 1987
Brownville, Haywood, Tennessee, USA
Edna Allen
1906 – 1994
Brownsville, Haywood, Tennessee, USA
Grandparents
Grant (Squair) Wilks
1877 – 1925
Tennessee, USA
Ella (( Eller )) Wise
1886 – 1966
Tennessee, USA
Great-Grandparents
John Wilkes
1861 – 1920
Mary Webb
1863 – 1935
Joe Wise
1840 –
Tilda Anthony
1855 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Wilkes
1835 – 1897
Emily Mitchell
1838 – 1901
Abram Webb
1840 –
Sandy Sandlin

Louis Wilks's Timeline

2 Records

1935
6 Feb 1935
Birth of Louis Lee Wilks in Brownsville, Haywood, Tennessee, USA
Brownsville, Haywood, Tennessee, USA
1999
17 Feb 1999
Age 64
Death of Louis Lee Wilks in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 Feb 1935
    Event Place: Brownsville, Haywood, Tennessee, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Feb 1999
    Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA

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