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      ObituaryJOHNNY GILKERSON(May 25, 1937 - May 16, 2018)
 
 
     
 JOHNNY GILKERSON, 80, of Bowen Creek 
    Road, W.Va., passed away Wednesday, May 16, 2018. Funeral services will be 
    conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 19, 2018, at the 
    Wallace Funeral Home & Chapel with Elder Emual 
    Adkins and Elder Delmer Adkins officiating. Burial will be in 
    Jones Cemetery. He was born May 25, 1937, in Wayne, a son of the late Grady 
    and Esta Tabor Gilkerson. He was also preceded in death by a brother, 
    Orville Glen Gilkerson, and a nephew, Richard Gilkerson. He was retired from 
    ACF Industries and was a veteran of the US Navy, serving on the USS Ranger. 
    He is survived by his wife of over fifty-eight years, Cynthia Baker 
    Gilkerson; two sisters, Euella Chapman of Huntington and Mavis Watts of 
    Ironton, Ohio; two brothers, Harvey Gilkerson and his wife Dottie of Wayne 
    and Sammy Gilkerson and his wife Sue of East Lynn, W.Va.; and four nieces, 
    Mavis Ann, Vicki, Angie and Pam. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday 
    at the 
    Wallace Funeral Home, Barboursville.
    
    
    
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