| Name |
Estes, Sharon L [1] |
| Birth |
30 Jul 1943 |
Tucson, Pima, Arizona  [1] |
Address:
225 Luna St. |
 |
1943_1943-bi0009102078-00773
Keywords: Picture |
| Gender |
Female |
| Census |
1 Apr 1950 |
Amphitheater, Pima, Arizona [1] |
| Age: 6y |
Address:
225 W. Luna |
| Death |
31 Mar 2024 |
- From find-a-grave memorial
Sharon Wilkerson, age 80, wife of Charles Wilkerson for 62 years, passed away Sunday, March 31, 2024. She was born July 30, 1943, to the late Arles F. and Martha Eviza Estes, in Tucson, Arizona. Sharon retired from property management after many years.
Additional survivors include: a daughter, Cynthia (Rodney) Quinton, of Winchester; two sons, Kerry Wilkerson, of Gainsville, Florida, and Mark S. Wilkerson, of Canada; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, April 4, at Clarmont Memorial Gardens by David Dodd. Scobee Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Source: Scobee Funeral Home website at scobeefuneralhome.com
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| Notes |
- Details about the family, shared with me.
The way I always heard the story from my mother, Martha Eviza [5802] is her mother died from bleeding when her sister Glenda Lucille [5805] was born.
My mom, Eviza was born October 27, 1906, she was named after her two grandmothers, Martha Biggers Stephens [5813] and Eviza Long Wolf [4665], she went by Eviza.
Her father Rufus [4674] was overwhelmed with grief and no idea what to do.
(His mother) Martha Ellen [5801], who went by Mattie family stepped in to help.
Her sister Cordelia [5808] and brother Thomas [5807] offered to take and raise Glenda, she was nicknamed Totsey as a child [listed a Totsey Wolf in 1910 Census].
Another sister, Sarah Jane [5814], pejoratively went by Jennie and her husband, John Overton [5823] were childless and offered to take my mom, Eviza. They had what mom called a foster child in her teens at the time. Jennie Overton died when mom was a teenager, mom stayed with Uncle John and keep house for him finishing schools before she and dad, Arles Franklin Estes [5804]. Dad extended Estes family lived in the Agnos, Arkansas. His dad was John Franklin Estes [5898] oldest child of James [6035] and Adeline [6036] McCord Estes of Agnos. There are many Estes family members in Ash Flat and Agnos today.
Rufus kept Marvin [5803] as he was a boy and older and could partly care for himself but the girls always lived with the sisters, Cordelia and Jennie.
Rufus would stay at the home place but visit and stay with the family who had the girls regularly. He stayed with Cordelia and Thomas more often as they lived out close to his and Marvin home. Jennie and John lived in town, Ash Flat. Cordelia was a school teacher and Thomas farmed, Martha Ellen taught school also until she and Rufus married. They put off marriage until they bought and paid for the farm and built their house. Thomas was known for his photographic memory. When social security was initiated everyone needed a birth certificate. Everyone in Sharp County went to Tom Stephens for an affidavit of their birth, the State of Arkansas would issue birth certificates on all of his affidavits. Moms bc was issued with his affidavit.There was a number of newspapers articles on him and his memory.
Glenda and her husband, Hubert Evans only had one child, my cousin Emma Jo Evans [5874]. Jo married Edward Bates [6037] and had 4 children, Stanley [6038], Marvin [6039], Melissa [6040] and Jennifer [6041]. Jo died a number of years ago. Marvin never married and went west when with my parents when they were married January 23, 1929. He lived most of his adult working life in Idaho, moved back to Arkansas. He lived in Hardy mostly. He was a character and came to Arizona and visited us regularly and we went to Idaho every summer for years and would rent a cabin on the Snake River and he and dad and my brothers would fish for Rainbow trout for a week.
Hopefully I answered the questions if not in the same format. If you need more definitive information I’ll be glad to help. Thank you for your time and research.
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| Person ID |
I5889 |
Bratt Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
28 Sep 2025 |
| Father |
Estes, Arles Franklin, b. 23 Dec 1905, Parrish, Manatee, Florida d. 2 Feb 1985, Gainesville, Alachua, Florida (Age 79 years) |
| Mother |
Wolf, Martha Eviza, b. 27 Oct 1906, Ash Flat, Sharp County, Arkansas d. 11 Jun 1994, Gainesville, Alachua, Florida (Age 87 years) |
| Marriage |
23 Jan 1929 |
Sharp County, Arkansas |
 |
61775_01_00443-03090
Keywords: Picture |
| Vital Documents |
 | Wolf-Estes-Marriage-1929-01-24
Keywords: Picture |
| Family ID |
F2218 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
1943 - 2024 (80 years)
