Angier, NC: Mr. Billy Ray Wilkerson, age 81, died Friday, September 26, 2014, at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh. Funeral service will be 11:00AM Monday, September 29, 2014, at Rose & Graham Funeral Chapel in Benson. Rev. R. B. Parrish will officiate. Burial will follow in Lakeside Memorial Gardens in Angier.
Mr. Wilkerson was born January 16, 1933 in Harnett County to the late Roy and Pearl Duncan Wilkerson. He was preceded in death by his wife, Clara Mae Langdon Wilkerson, brothers, and sisters. Mr. Wilkerson was a retired elevator installer and was a member of Friendly Chapel Church.
Surviving are son & daughter-in-law, Stanley & Vickie H. Wilkerson of Virginia Beach, VA; daughter, Jennifer Ann Parker of Texas; brother, Wiley Wilkerson of Angier; sister, Frances Karr of Lenexa, KS; 6 grandchildren; and 6 great grandchildren.
Family will receive friends at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Benson prior to the service from 10:00AM to 10:45AM Monday.
Flowers are welcomed; however, memorials may be made to American Cancer Society, P. O. Box 1544, Smithfield, NC 27577.