Margaret “Maggie” Wilkerson, 81, of Beaumont, died Thursday, June 4, 2015. She was born on July 4, 1933, in Chidester, Arkansas, to Pearl Belle Stobaugh and Cornelis Jones. Maggie had been a longtime resident of Beaumont.

She is survived by her husband of fifty-nine years, Jerry Wilkerson; daughter, Colleen Melissa Gillette, of Beaumont; son, Waverly Clay Wilkerson, of Beaumont; brother, Lewis Harold Jones and his wife, Shirley, of Atlanta, Georgia; grandchildren, Thomas Wilkerson, of Austin and Kammie Aguinaldo and her husband, Timothy, of Houston; and one great-grandchild, Kato Aguinaldo, of Houston.

Maggie is preceded in death by her parents; and son, Thomas Neal Wilkerson.

Visitation for Maggie’s family and friends will begin at 1:00 p.m., with her funeral service to follow at 2:00 p.m., Monday, June 8, 2015, at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 1350 North 23rd Street, Beaumont. Interment will follow at Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, under the direction of Broussard’s, 1605 North Major Drive, Beaumont.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Maggie’s name to a charity of one’s choice.