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Wilks & Young Family

Kirby Kimmel Wilks

Youngest child of Wm. Wesley Wilks & Erie Catherine Taylor

He md. 1st Reta Merle Stroud, 25 Sep 1948

She was b. 29 Jul 1930, d. 11 Dec 1960

He md. 2nd Mrs. Joyce Schoen Ward (a widow), 10 Jun 1962

 

 

 

 Kirby Wilks & sister Myrl, 1925

 Kirby & Voy Wilks with nieces, nephew Editha & Laquita Wilks, Doris & Jerry Ross, Oct 1936

 Kirby K. Wilks, 1942

 

 

 Kirby and paint horse, 1941

Kirby horseback, 1942

 

 

Kirby and his mother Erie Taylor Wilks, 1942

 

 

 Pvt. Kirby K. Wilks, with sharpshooter medal, 4 Jan 1943

Kirby & sister Myrl

 

 

 

 1948-1949 Kirby and his dog Shep

 

 

 

 Kirby Wilks & Reta Merle Stroud, married 25 Sep 1948

 Reta Merle & Kirby Wilks, 1951

Kirby & Reta Merle in their new house, 1 Jan 1952 

 

 

 Kirby, Rita Merle, & his sisters Myrl McLean, Reta Ross

 Kirby & Infant son Leland Wilks, Karl Wilks, 25 Nov 1954 at Reta's

Reta Ross, Voy, Beth, Ruth Wilks, Charlie Ross, baby Leland & Kirby Wilks ~ 25 Nov 1954 ~ Family Gathering to see Doris before she moved to Ohio

 

 

Kirby breaking & training horses, summer 1960

 

 Leland, Randal & Rita Merle, Kirby & Rhonda Wilks, Myrl & Joy McLean, summer 1959

 

 

 

Leland, Rhonda, & Randal Wilks, Mar 1960

 

 

 

 Kirby, Rhonda, Leland & airplane, 1960

 Kirby, Rita Merle, Leland, Randal, & Rhonda Wilks, fall 1960. Merle died 11 Dec 1960 of cancer.

 

 

 Kirby Wilks & bride Joyce Schoen Ward, 10 Jun 1962

Wilks Family in attendance: Douglas & Don Wilks, Joy MCLean, Karl Wilks, Reta Ross, Cora Wilks, Joyce & Kirby, Myrl & Blake McLean

 

 

Their blended family ~ Kirby holding Diane Ward, Joyce, Leland, Randal, Rhonda Wilks, Mike & Mary Ward, 1963

 Mike Ward, Randal & Leland Wilks, Mary Ward, Rhonda Wilks, Curtis Wilks, Joyce, Kirby, Diane Ward, & Myrl McLean, Nov 1967

 

 

 

 back row: Mary, Kirby, Joyce, Leland; front row: Rhonda, Mike, Randal, Curtis, Diane ~ 21 Apr 1963

 

 

 Curtis & June Wilks, 4 July 1988 (Voy on side)

 Kirby, Joyce, Curtis, Debbie, Leland, Brian, Amy, Wayne, Rhonda

 

 Kirby & sister Myrl, May 1994

 

 

 Kirby on right front, Joyce to his left, and their family 1996

 

 

 Brothers, Voy & Kirby, 2003

2008

 

 

 Joyce & Kirby, 25 May 1998

 Beth Wilks Maynard & her uncle Kirby Wilks, 25 May 2010

  • More W. W. Wilks Family Pictures
  • B. C. Wilks Family Reunions 1947-
  • W. W. Wilks Family Reunions
  • B. C. Wilks Family Pictures
  • George C. Wilks Family Pictures
  • Claude Rivers Wilks Family Pictures
  • W. W. Wilks Children Pictures: Karl, Vane, Reta, Dale, Myrl, Voy, Kirby
  • Descendants of B. C. Wilks
  • Parents of B. C. Wilks
  • Wilks-Taylor Family, 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Taylor-Bartleson Family
  • Jewel & C. J. "Buck" Taylor
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    Descendants of F. S. Taylor, Pedigree-ancestry of F. S. Taylor

    Botkin-Smith Family, Knatzer/Knortzer/Canatser Family

    Pictures of B. C. Wilks Family

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