Obituary

Lavelle Wheat Wilkins
August 2, 1926 - May 5, 2017

Our loving mother Lavelle Wheat Wilkins went home to be with The Lord on Friday, May 5, 2017 at Good Samaritan Nursing Home at 2:30 pm. We are rejoicing in Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ because we know that she was chosen according to John 6:37. Lavelle was a member of Mandeville Bible Church for 44 years.
She will be waiting for her children in Heaven. Survived by her four children and spouses Paulette and Ray Smith, Richard and Julia Cook, Brenda Cook and Gregory and Kelly Cook. She has six grandchildren Rick Cook, Billy Holmes, Tim Cook, Chris Cook, Crystal Mayo, Josie Cook, and Ashley Cook. Twelve great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Lavelle is also survived by one sister Mildred O’Quin.
She is preceded in death by her father and mother Warren and Eva Josie Wheat, her husband Myrthy D. Wilkins, infant son Gary Wilkins, one sister Jo Warren Mizell, two brothers Jewel Wheat and Murphy J. Wheat.
Visitation will begin at 10:00 am Monday, May 8, 2017 at Poole-Ritchie Funeral Home and will continue until the funeral service at 12:00pm in the chapel. Officiating Mrs. Lavelle Wilkins Funeral will be Brother Rick Cook, Brother Nick Greco, and Brother Eric McNeil. Interment will follow at Ponemah Cemetery in Bogalusa, LA.
Honorary Pallbearers will be her grandsons Tim Cook, Chris Cook, and Billy Holmes.