Jimmie Eloise Wilkinson

Jimmie Eloise Hickman Wilkinson 93, passed away Monday March 27, 2017. Services will be held at the First Baptist Church in Menard, Thursday, March 30, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. A kitchen full of love, treats and sweets. The Ranch, Clear Creek, the Country Store and scrubbies. A wonderful mother and the best grandma to 12 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and 19 great-great grandkids. Jimmie Eloise Hickman was born September 15, 1923 in Afton, Dickens County, TX to Silas Jackson Hickman and Jenny Clementine Scott. From the Wake Grocery Store, spooling the projector at the Chieftain Theater and Crosby County Treasurer to helping oversee the Country Store in Menard for 38 years. Jimmie shared recipes for life. She attended school in Patton Springs, TX and helped on the family farm before marrying LB Traylor in 1939. Over the next decade Lynnie, Connie, Ronnie & Brenda were the light of her life. Fourteen years after LB's passing while working at the County Extension Office in Crosbyton in 1964 she met a young man testing cattle. After he cleaned himself up and proved he could dance -- she married Bill Wilkinson. They danced for 46 years managing the ranch, Clear Creek and keeping a family in line. In Marlin, Texas she worked for THS in the medical supply division while Bill finished his education at Texas A&M. They moved to Menard in 1973 and she never left. She wanted to stay in the community she loved. She ran Skeet's Shoppe of Youth in downtown Menard before managing the Country Store and working alongside many dear friends since 1979. From volunteering during election season to dancing to the music of Rhome Hill at various Menard fundraisers she didn't like to leave Menard other than a quick getaway to see family. After 43 years she passed peacefully at her beloved home. Survivors include one son Ronnie Traylor of Hereford, TX, two daughters; Connie Allen of Georgetown, TX, Brenda Yell of Guymon, Oklahoma, one son-in-law Jackie Hamersley of Crosbyton, the grandkids, great-grandkids and great-great-grandkids. Two sisters Ruby Wisely and Mary Nell Griffin and one brother J.P. Hickman. Jimmie is preceded in death by her husband Bill, daughter Jimmie Lynn Hamersley, daughter-in-law Doris Jean Traylor, grandson Donald Gene Campbell, son-in-law Leon Yell and siblings Robert Lee, Jack, Sis, Bill, Joe Boy, Tommy and Wanda. Also numerous nieces and nephews. She will be remembered, her wisdom carried in our hearts and continue to brighten our days as well as all of those who were lucky enough to know her. "My Goodness! How time did fly! With such fond memories, "Why do I cry?" - Jimmie Wilkinson, Memories, 1988

Jimmie Eloise Wilkinson

September 15, 1923 - March 27, 2017