Kirby Kimmel Wilks 1922

Kirby Kimmel Wilks, 1922–2012 (aged 89 years)

Kirby Wilks_Breaking Horse-Dublin_1959-08

Kirby Wilks & Sister, Myrl McLean-Jan 1943

Name

Kirby Kimmel Wilks

Name: Kirby Kimmel /Wilks/
Given names: Kirby Kimmel
Surname: Wilks

Gender Male

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Birth	August 31, 1922 38 41 Loop, Gaines, Texas, USA Source: Erie Catherine Taylor - William Wesley Wilks Family, The Citation details: page 39
Occupation	Training & breaking horses Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA Employer: Self Source: Barbara D. McLean Corner
Baptism of a sister	Reta Vird Wilks August 1923 Source: Erie Catherine Wilks Journal & Diary Quality of data: primary evidence
Baptism of a brother	Dale Taylor Wilks 1925 Loop, Gaines, Texas, USA Source: Erie Catherine Wilks Journal & Diary Quality of data: primary evidence Note: by Brother James Howell
British King	George V from May 6, 1910 to January 20, 1936
30th President of the United States	Calvin Coolidge August 2, 1923
31st President of the United States	Herbert Hoover March 4, 1929
Census	June 1, 1930 (aged 7 years) Burnet, Texas, USA Address: Enumeration District 3, Precinct 1, Burnet-Lampasas Road, Burnet County, Texas, USA Source: 1930 Census for Burnet County, Texas, USA Citation details: Page 2A Note: in hh 26-27 as William W. Wilks head 46 TX-AL-IL farmer, Erie C. 49 AR-KY-IN, Rita V. daughter 18, Dale T. son 15, Myrl daughter 13, Voy G. son 9, KIRBY K. son 7, all b. TX except Erie in AR. Under "home owned or rented," William's was O
Baptism of a sister	Myrl Jean Wilks 1930 Burnet, Texas, USA Source: Erie Catherine Wilks Journal & Diary Quality of data: primary evidence Note: Baptised by Bro. Rose during a meeting. Also baptised were Loma [Loma Irene Smith, future wife of Marl Vane Wilks] and "Grandma" [Mary Talula Kirkley Taylor]
Marriage of a sister	Los Charlie Ross — Reta Vird Wilks — View this family October 6, 1931 Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA Source: Texas Marriages, 1837 - 1973 Citation details: Texas-EASy, Film# 1671495, Reference# Record#1 pg 280 Source: Reta Wilks Ross Text: married by Walter Everett, a gospel minister and barber at his home in Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA. Citation details: Summer 1968 1964-10-19 Reta & Charlie Ross
32nd President of the United States	Franklin D Roosevelt March 4, 1933
Death of a maternal grandfather	Ferdinando San Francisco Taylor December 4, 1936 – 6:00 a.m. Age: 85 years, 8 months, 21 days Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA Cause: Valvular heart disease Source: Texas Death Certificate Citation details: Certificate # 58347 Text: Informant: C. J. Taylor, his son Charles Jenkins Taylor
Burial of a maternal grandfather	Ferdinando San Francisco Taylor December 5, 1936 Burnet, Texas, USA Cemetery: Post Mountain Cemetery Address: Block 018, Lot 06, Plot 04, Traveling west on Highway 29 (Buchanan Drive) approximately two miles from the intersection of Highways 281 and 29in Burnet, turn left onto Southland Drive and then left again on the first road to the left. At end of road turn right into cemetery. Source: Burnet County, Texas, Cemeteries - Post Mountain Cemetery Source: Texas Death Certificate Citation details: Certificate # 58347 Note: tombstone inscription: F. S. Taylor; Mar. 14, 1851; Dec. 4, 1936. Ferdinando San Francisco Taylor Tombstone
British King	Edward VII from January 20, 1936 to December 11, 1936
Census	June 25, 1940 (aged 17 years) Erath, Texas, USA Address: Justice Precinct 2, Erath County, Texas, USA Source: 1940 Census for Erath County, Texas, USA Citation details: Sheet 11B Text: Supervisor's District: 17 Enumeration District: 72-9 Enumerator: J. Paul Hamilton Quality of data: census image Note: Route 4, Dublin; family# 232, Home: rent, $4, Farm, William W. Wilks, Head, Male, White, Age: 56, Married; Schooling: H4, TX, 48 hr work wk, Operator, Farm, Own account, 52 wks a yr , $40, Yes, Farm: 197; Erie K, Wife, Female, White, Age: 59, Married, Schooling: 6th grade, AR, Housekeeping; Voy G., Son, Male, White, Age: 19, Single, Schooling: H4, TX, 48 hr work wk, Laborer, Farm, Unpaid family worker, 52 wks a yr, $100; Kirby K., Son, Male, White, Age: 17, Single, Attended school: 8th grade, TX, Student, 12 wks, $20. All: residence in 1935: Burnet, Texas
Military	United States Armed Forces Type: Branch Immaterial-Warrant Offficers, USA November 14, 1942 Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA Agency: U.S. Army 71st Infantry Division Source citation: @ Citation details: U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 about Kirby KWilks Quality of data: primary evidence Note: Private Private 71st activated: 15 July 1943; arrived ETO: 6 Feb 1945, Arrived continent: 6 Feb 1945, Entered combat: 10 Mar 1945; Entered combat entire division : 12 March 1945; Days in combat: 49. [the 71st Infantry web site] Education: 4 years of high school Civil occupation: Farm Hands, general farms; Single; Height: 69 inches; Weight: 146 pounds
33rd President of the United States	Harry S Truman April 12, 1945
Marriage of a brother	Dale Taylor Wilks — Loma Irene Smith — View this family September 1946 Brown, Texas, USA Source: Erie Catherine Taylor - William Wesley Wilks Family, The Dale & Loma-Brownwood, TX-1949
Death of a father	William Wesley Wilks November 26, 1946 Age: 62 years, 7 months, 26 days Erath, Texas, USA Cause: Coronary occlusion/Arteriosclerosis Address: Route 4, Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA Source: Texas Death Certificate Text: Informant: Mrs. W. W. Wilks, his wife Citation details: Certificate # 49784 Note: died on the farm 4 miles Northwest of Dublin, off the road toward Linglewood, just after he had said "good-bye" to his son, Marl Vane Wilks, who was leaving for Japan
Burial of a father	William Wesley Wilks November 27, 1946 Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA Cemetery: Chalk Mountain Cemetery Address: From Glen Rose, Texas go west on Hwy. 67 from Barnard Street. Go about 12.5 miles. turn left on CR 198. After about 1 mile, the road curves to the left. You will come upon a cattle guard where CR 198 turns into CR 2015. After the cattle guard, follow the road for about another .5 mile to the back side of the cemetery. Turn right on the road by the cemetery and follow it around to the front entrance. Source: Somervell County, Texas, Cemeteries - Chalk Mountain Cemetery Source: Texas Deaths and Burials, 1903-1973 Citation details: Texas-EASy, Film# 1845916, Reference# 393 Note: double tombstone inscription: WILKS; William W.; 1884 - 1946 [with his wife] Erie C.; 1881 - 1951 Note: The Chalk Mountain Cemetery is in Somervell County, Texas. The town of Chalk Mountain is in Erath County, Texas although there is not much there anymore. William Wesley Wilks & Erie Catharine Taylor Wilks Tombstone
Death of a mother	Erie Catharine Taylor August 30, 1951 Gorman, Eastland, Texas, USA Cause: stroke Source: Barbara D. McLean Corner Quality of data: primary evidence
Burial of a mother	Erie Catharine Taylor August 31, 1951 Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA Cemetery: Chalk Mountain Cemetery Source: Myrl Wilks McLean Note: double tombstone inscription: WILKS; William W; 1880 - 1946 [with wife] Erie C.; 1881 - 1951 William Wesley Wilks & Erie Catharine Taylor Wilks Tombstone
British King	George VI from December 11, 1936 to February 6, 1952
British Queen	Elizabeth II from February 6, 1952
34th President of the United States	Dwight D Eisenhower January 20, 1953
35th President of the United States	John F Kennedy January 20, 1961
36th President of the United States	Lyndon B Johnson November 22, 1963
37th President of the United States	Richard Nixon January 20, 1969
38th President of the United States	Gerald Ford August 9, 1974
39th President of the United States	Jimmy Carter January 20, 1977
Marriage of a sister	Asa William Howell Sr — Reta Vird Wilks — View this family January 1, 1979 Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: Texas, Marriages, 1966-2010 Citation details: certificate# 001178, county code: 027 Note: widow and widower 1979-03-03 Asa Howell - age 74 & Reta Ross Howell - age 67
Death of a brother	Marl Vane Wilks November 17, 1980 Arlington, Tarrant, Texas, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Citation details: 450-01-1379
Burial of a brother	Marl Vane Wilks after November 17, 1980 Burnet, Texas, USA Cemetery: Post Mountain Cemetery Address: Block 018, Lot 07, Plot 04, Traveling west on Highway 29 (Buchanan Drive) approximately two miles from the intersection of Highways 281 and 29 in Burnet, turn left onto Southland Drive and then left again on the first road to the left. At end of road turn right into cemetery. Source: Burnet County, Texas, Cemeteries - Post Mountain Cemetery Note: tombstone inscription: WILKS; M. Vane; 1909 - 1980 [next to his wife] Yasuko A.; 1927 - [living] Marl Vane Wilks Tombstone
40th President of the United States	Ronald Reagan January 20, 1981
41st President of the United States	George H W Bush January 20, 1989
Death of a brother	Karl Glyn Wilks September 8, 1991 McGregor, McLennan, Texas, USA Source: Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Citation details: 459-34-4721
Burial of a brother	Karl Glyn Wilks September 1991 McGregor, McLennan, Texas, USA Cemetery: McGregor Cemetery Address: McGregor, McLennan County, Texas, USA GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 31.44843, Longitude: -97.40579 Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 101620516. Added 2 Dec 2012 by Ruth M. Brown.
Death of a brother	Dale Taylor Wilks February 21, 1992 Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 9506168. Added 22 SEP 2004 by Billy Whitis
Burial of a brother	Dale Taylor Wilks February 1992 Lake Victor, Burnet, Texas, USA Cemetery: Pleasant Hill Cemetery Address: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 30.87060, Longitude: -98.17530. Lake Victor, Burnet County, Texas, USA Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 9506168. Added 22 SEP 2004 by Billy Whitis Note: tombstone inscription: Dale Taylor Wilks, MOMMI US Navy; World War II; Apr 18 1914; Feb 1, 1992. Dale Taylor Wilks Military Tombstone
42nd President of the United States	Bill Clinton January 20, 1993
Death of a sister	Reta Vird Wilks February 3, 1994 Grand Prairie, Dallas, Texas, USA Source: Texas Death Index 1964 - 1998 Reta Vird Wilks Ross [Howell]
Burial of a sister	Reta Vird Wilks February 4, 1994 Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA Cemetery: Burnet City Cemetery Address: Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 30.75096, Longitude: -98.21949. Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Thelma Pauline Wyatt Ross Memorial Photos Flowers Edit Share Learn about removing the ads from this memorial... Birth: Aug. 9, 1939 Jacksonville Duval County Florida, USA Death: Apr. 5, 2012 Burnet Burnet County Texas, USA Thelma was married to Jerry Van Ross on 05 Apr 1968, he was born 20 Dec 1933 in Burnet, Burnet County, Texas, They had one child together, Nancy Janeen Ross, born 01 Dec 1968. Burial: Burnet City Cemetery Burnet Burnet Texas, USA. Apr 09, 2012 Find A Grave Memorial# 88289146 Source: Barbara D. McLean Corner Citation details: Digital photo taken 13 NOV 2009 Note: tombstone inscription: ROSS; L. Charlie; Oct. 6, 1907; Oct. 2, 1977 [beside his wife] Reta Wilks; July 5, 1911; Feb. 3, 1994 Los Charlie Ross & Reta Vird Wilks Ross Tombstone
Residence	between 1996 and 2012 Buda, Hays, Texas, USA Address: 1760 Evelyn Rd., Buda, Hays County, Texas, USA Source citation: Barbara D. Corner
43rd President of the United States	George W Bush January 20, 2001
44th President of the United States	Barack Obama January 20, 2009
Death of a brother	Gwyn Voy Wilks March 14, 2010 – 1:30 p.m. Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA Address: Hendrick Hospital 1900 Pine Street Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, USA Source: Ruth Vernell Wilks York Source: Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Citation details: 455-14-3937 Note: Memorial Service: 17 March 2010 at 3:00 p.m., Assembly of Yahweh. [Assembly of Yahweh (7th day) is just east of US Hwy 183, across from Romney Cemetery, at 109 County Road 280].
Burial of a brother	Gwyn Voy Wilks March 15, 2010 Eastland, Texas, USA Cemetery: Romney Cemetery Address: about 10 miles south of Cisco, Eastland County, Texas, USA on Hwy. 183 Source: Ruth Vernell Wilks York
Death	May 16, 2012 – 9:15 a.m. (aged 89 years) Buda, Hays, Texas, USA Cause of death: Congestive Heart Failure Address: 13 miles SE of Austin, Travis, Texas, USA. 1760 Evelyn Road, Buda, Hays County, Texas, USA Source: Barbara D. McLean Corner
Burial	May 18, 2012 (2 days after death) Manchaca, Travis, Texas, USA Cemetery: Live Oak Cemetery Address: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 30.12610, Longitude: -97.81690. Manchaca, Travis County, Texas, USA Source: Barbara D. McLean Corner Note: Services were held at 10:00 A.M., Friday, May 18, 2012 at the Harrell Funeral Home Chapel, officiated by Mr. Mackie Bounds, Bluebonnet Church of Christ, Austin, Travis County, Texas.

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Family with parents
father	Links Birth: April 1, 1884 56 42 — Walnut Springs, Bosque, Texas, USA Census: July 9, 1900 — Greer, Oklahoma, USA Civil marriage: August 28, 1905 — Glen Rose, Somervell, Texas, USA Occupation: Farmer Event: Organization of Populist Party Club — October 17, 1908 — Somervell, Texas, USA Family census: 1910 — Somervell, Texas, USA Baptism: August 17, 1912 85 71 — Lanham's Mill, Somervell, Texas, USA Religion: Church of Christ Anti-Sunday School — 1912 Family census: 1920 — Erath, Texas, USA Family residence: between January 15, 1922 and February 6, 1927 — Loop, Gaines, Texas, USA Immigration: about 1927 — Burnet, Texas, USA Immigration: December 31, 1928 — Pebble Mound, Burnet, Texas, USA Family census: June 1, 1930 — Burnet, Texas, USA Family residence: between November 31, 1928 and December 1938 — Pebble Mound, Burnet, Texas, USA Immigration: December 1938 — Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA Family census: June 25, 1940 — Erath, Texas, USA Occupation: itinerate preacher — between 1912 and 1946 Death: November 26, 1946 — Erath, Texas, USA Burial: November 27, 1946 — Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA Unique identifier: B6F24CB900BF9464411C6EA02AD620EFB002 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Erie Catharine Taylor Karl Glyn Wilks Marl Vane Wilks Reta Vird Wilks Dale Taylor Wilks Myrl Jean Wilks Gwyn Voy Wilks Kirby Kimmel Wilks William Wesley Wilks 1884–1946 Birth: April 1, 1884 56 42 — Walnut Springs, Bosque, Texas, USA Death: November 26, 1946 — Erath, Texas, USA
mother	Links Birth: March 29, 1881 30 40 — Washington, Arkansas, USA Census: between 20 and June 21, 1900 — Mills, Texas, USA Civil marriage: August 28, 1905 — Glen Rose, Somervell, Texas, USA Event: Organization of Populist Party Club — October 17, 1908 — Somervell, Texas, USA Family census: 1910 — Somervell, Texas, USA Family census: 1920 — Erath, Texas, USA Family residence: between January 15, 1922 and February 6, 1927 — Loop, Gaines, Texas, USA Immigration: about 1927 — Burnet, Texas, USA Family census: June 1, 1930 — Burnet, Texas, USA Family residence: between November 31, 1928 and December 1938 — Pebble Mound, Burnet, Texas, USA Immigration: December 1938 — Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA Family census: June 25, 1940 — Erath, Texas, USA Death: August 30, 1951 — Gorman, Eastland, Texas, USA Burial: August 31, 1951 — Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA Unique identifier: B6F24CB900BF9464411C6EA02AD620EFB002 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William Wesley Wilks Karl Glyn Wilks Marl Vane Wilks Reta Vird Wilks Dale Taylor Wilks Myrl Jean Wilks Gwyn Voy Wilks Kirby Kimmel Wilks Erie Catharine Taylor 1881–1951 Birth: March 29, 1881 30 40 — Washington, Arkansas, USA Death: August 30, 1951 — Gorman, Eastland, Texas, USA
Civil marriage	Civil marriage — August 28, 1905 — Glen Rose, Somervell, Texas, USA
11 months elder brother	Links Birth: July 10, 1906 22 25 — Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA Census: 1910 — Somervell, Texas, USA Baptism: July 20, 1919 35 38 — Somervell, Texas, USA Census: 1920 — Erath, Texas, USA Death: September 8, 1991 — McGregor, McLennan, Texas, USA Burial: September 1991 — McGregor, McLennan, Texas, USA Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Karl Glyn Wilks 1906–1991 Birth: July 10, 1906 22 25 — Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA Death: September 8, 1991 — McGregor, McLennan, Texas, USA
3 years elder brother	Links Birth: June 19, 1909 25 28 — Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA Census: 1910 — Somervell, Texas, USA Census: 1920 — Erath, Texas, USA Census: April 2, 1930 — Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA Occupation: Industrial Engineer and Consultant — between 1963 and 1968 — Korea, Thailand, USA Death: November 17, 1980 — Arlington, Tarrant, Texas, USA Burial: after November 17, 1980 — Burnet, Texas, USA Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Marl Vane Wilks 1909–1980 Birth: June 19, 1909 25 28 — Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA Death: November 17, 1980 — Arlington, Tarrant, Texas, USA
2 years elder sister	Links Birth: July 5, 1911 27 30 — Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA Census: 1920 — Erath, Texas, USA Baptism: August 1923 39 42 Census: June 1, 1930 — Burnet, Texas, USA Civil marriage: October 6, 1931 — Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA Family census: May 10, 1940 — Burnet, Texas, USA Family residence: 1944 — Burnet, Texas, USA Unique identifier: 3894640DE3F4AAD4315EE536424E758217E5 Marriage: January 1, 1979 — Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA Death: February 3, 1994 — Grand Prairie, Dallas, Texas, USA Burial: February 4, 1994 — Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA Unique identifier: 8BDF9B9E90F93E349593CD90309C2DE2F662 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Los Charlie Ross Don Allen Ross Jerry Van Ross Doris Nan Ross Monte Ken Ross Family with spouse Asa William Howell Sr Reta Vird Wilks 1911–1994 Birth: July 5, 1911 27 30 — Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA Death: February 3, 1994 — Grand Prairie, Dallas, Texas, USA
3 years elder brother	Links Birth: April 18, 1914 30 33 — Danville, Yell, Arkansas, USA Census: 1920 — Erath, Texas, USA Baptism: 1925 40 43 — Loop, Gaines, Texas, USA Census: June 1, 1930 — Burnet, Texas, USA Census: May 10, 1940 — Burnet, Texas, USA Occupation: Shovel, Bulldozer & Drag Line Operator — January 1942 — Texarkana, Bowie, Texas, USA Military Beg: U.S. Navy - World War II — March 18, 1942 — Houston, Harris, Texas, USA Military Service: US Navy - World War II — February 15, 1945 Military End: US Navy - World War II — November 1, 1945 — Camp Wallace, Galveston, Texas, USA Marriage: September 1946 — Brown, Texas, USA Death: February 21, 1992 — Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, USA Burial: February 1992 — Lake Victor, Burnet, Texas, USA Unique identifier: 0152667A890EBC664273947BC2F82DB4 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Loma Irene Smith Charles William Wilks Dale Taylor Wilks 1914–1992 Birth: April 18, 1914 30 33 — Danville, Yell, Arkansas, USA Death: February 21, 1992 — Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, USA
3 years elder sister	Links Birth: November 20, 1916 32 35 — Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA Census: 1920 — Erath, Texas, USA Baptism: 1930 45 48 — Burnet, Texas, USA Census: June 1, 1930 — Burnet, Texas, USA Occupation: Practical Nurse — November 1942 — Wharton, Wharton, Texas, USA Death: April 27, 2016 — Friendswood, Harris, Texas, USA Burial: May 1, 2016 — Evergeen Memorial Park Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Myrl Jean Wilks 1916–2016 Birth: November 20, 1916 32 35 — Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA Death: April 27, 2016 — Friendswood, Harris, Texas, USA
4 years elder brother	Links Birth: December 17, 1920 36 39 — Hedley, Donley, Texas, USA Education: between 1926 and 1938 — Texas, USA Census: June 1, 1930 — Burnet, Texas, USA Census: June 25, 1940 — Erath, Texas, USA Military: United States Army — between November 10, 1944 and November 18, 1946 — Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA Occupation: Laundry Owner — between 1947 and 1952 — Carbon, Eastland, Texas, USA Occupation: Leather and Flannel Cutter — between 1952 and 1960 — Cisco, Eastland, Texas, USA Occupation: Farmer — between 1953 and 1960 — Eastland, Texas, USA Occupation: Brick Masonary — between 1960 and 1983 — Texas, USA Religion: Assembly of Yahweh. [7th day] — 1980 — Cisco, Eastland, Texas, USA Death: March 14, 2010 — Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA Obituary: Abilene Reporter News — March 15, 2010 — Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA Burial: March 15, 2010 — Eastland, Texas, USA Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Gwyn Voy Wilks 1920–2010 Birth: December 17, 1920 36 39 — Hedley, Donley, Texas, USA Death: March 14, 2010 — Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA
21 months himself	Links Birth: August 31, 1922 38 41 — Loop, Gaines, Texas, USA Census: June 1, 1930 — Burnet, Texas, USA Census: June 25, 1940 — Erath, Texas, USA Military: United States Armed Forces — November 14, 1942 — Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA Occupation: Training & breaking horses — Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA Death: May 16, 2012 — Buda, Hays, Texas, USA Burial: May 18, 2012 — Manchaca, Travis, Texas, USA Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Kirby Kimmel Wilks 1922–2012 Birth: August 31, 1922 38 41 — Loop, Gaines, Texas, USA Death: May 16, 2012 — Buda, Hays, Texas, USA

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Birth	Source: Erie Catherine Taylor - William Wesley Wilks Family, The Citation details: page 39
Census	Source: 1930 Census for Burnet County, Texas, USA Citation details: Page 2A
Census	Source: 1940 Census for Erath County, Texas, USA Citation details: Sheet 11B Text: Supervisor's District: 17 Enumeration District: 72-9 Enumerator: J. Paul Hamilton Quality of data: census image
Military	Source citation: @ Citation details: U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 about Kirby KWilks Quality of data: primary evidence
Occupation	Source: Barbara D. McLean Corner
Residence	Source citation: Barbara D. Corner
Death	Source: Barbara D. McLean Corner
Burial	Source: Barbara D. McLean Corner
Note	Source: Barbara D. McLean Corner Citation details: Dublin Progress Newspaper article Quality of data: original newspaper copy
Note	Source: Barbara D. McLean Corner Citation details: 24 Jun 1945 letter from Kirby to Myrl Quality of data: original letter

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Census	in hh 26-27 as William W. Wilks head 46 TX-AL-IL farmer, Erie C. 49 AR-KY-IN, Rita V. daughter 18, Dale T. son 15, Myrl daughter 13, Voy G. son 9, KIRBY K. son 7, all b. TX except Erie in AR. Under "home owned or rented," William's was O
Census	Route 4, Dublin; family# 232, Home: rent, $4, Farm, William W. Wilks, Head, Male, White, Age: 56, Married; Schooling: H4, TX, 48 hr work wk, Operator, Farm, Own account, 52 wks a yr , $40, Yes, Farm: 197; Erie K, Wife, Female, White, Age: 59, Married, Schooling: 6th grade, AR, Housekeeping; Voy G., Son, Male, White, Age: 19, Single, Schooling: H4, TX, 48 hr work wk, Laborer, Farm, Unpaid family worker, 52 wks a yr, $100; Kirby K., Son, Male, White, Age: 17, Single, Attended school: 8th grade, TX, Student, 12 wks, $20. All: residence in 1935: Burnet, Texas
Military	Private 71st activated: 15 July 1943; arrived ETO: 6 Feb 1945, Arrived continent: 6 Feb 1945, Entered combat: 10 Mar 1945; Entered combat entire division : 12 March 1945; Days in combat: 49. [the 71st Infantry web site] Education: 4 years of high school Civil occupation: Farm Hands, general farms; Single; Height: 69 inches; Weight: 146 pounds
Burial	Services were held at 10:00 A.M., Friday, May 18, 2012 at the Harrell Funeral Home Chapel, officiated by Mr. Mackie Bounds, Bluebonnet Church of Christ, Austin, Travis County, Texas.
Note	Progress, Dublin, Erath County, Texas, USA. Published sometime in June 1944 "Two Dublin Boys In Famous 71st Division "Cpl. Kirby K. Wilks, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Wilks, rout four, Dublin, and Private Paul Howell, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Howell, route four, Dublin, are both with the 81st [71st] Division, which, under the command of Maj. Gen. Robert I. Spragins, has been schooled and hardened in mountain warfare. This division, originally designed to operate in close and difficult terrain, was activated last July at Camp Carson, Colorado. Much of the intensive training of the division has been under exactly circumstances, where their only transportation was by mules. "General Spragins, a 1913 graduate of West Point, and a seasonal veteran of the 1914 Mexico expedition World War I, Army of Occupation in Germany, Pearl Harbor, and Guadalcanal, where he won the DSM, Silver Star, and the Purple Heart, attempts to make this 71st the best division of the Army by giving them the severest training and most gruelling [sic] maneuvers. "The division, recently transferred in Fort Benning, Georgia, has forsaken its former mode of travel—mules—and will soon become entirely motorized, according to news furnished the Progress by Paul Howell, of the Mechanical division, and Kirby Wilks of the Med Attachment." Source: Barbara D. McLean Corner Citation details: Dublin Progress Newspaper article Quality of data: original newspaper copy
Note	Newburg, Germany 24th June 1945 Dear Myrl, I hope you are doing very well. All of you are fine I trust. Perhaps by this time Barbara and Sheron are back with you. I’m sure it is lonely there without them. I am all right. I got to attend church services today by the chaplain held in the Protestant church here in this town. Its among the first times for a long while. Back in France at first we had plenty of food but the same thing. It was “A” rations and cooked hot. When we hit combat at first it was just as good but soon got lousy. When we crossed the rhine it went blanie. We were lucky to get type “C” rations then. Part time we lived in barnes & parttime in tents not Paramadyl [pyramidal] or wall, but our own little pup tents, so named because they aren’t big enough to cuss full grown dog in. We moved every day of combat except about six or seven through it all, & sometimes we moved as high as three & four times from town to town. Some only four or five miles, others were one & two hundred mile moves. Things look pretty favorable for this Div. to be sent to the S.W.P. In fact its supposed to be definite, but know whether through the states or through direct by canal. Myrl its pretty disgusting over here. In fact I’m not taking things so well. I was never so disgusted, so weary & disheartened in my life. I’m lonesome to see Mother & Papa and all of you & Lavern & all my friends if I have any left. I’m lonely & anxious for my horse & saddle & cold Texas wind burning my face & chest when he opens in a run. I guess it mostly boils down to worrying about Mother & Papa, how they are & if they will still be waiting for me & if I can give them a descent home when this is all over. Then too if a girl can see that a boy owes his parents something & must care for them. I have eight head of cows, Mother two & two horses & Papa his mule. That’s a start & I’m certainly proud of them. Seven are breeding age. Oh, well, nothing but the worst can come anyway. I must quit. Take care of yourselfes. Love, Your brother, K. " Source: Barbara D. McLean Corner Citation details: 24 Jun 1945 letter from Kirby to Myrl Quality of data: original letter

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Media object	Kirby Wilks_1943-01-04
Media object	Kirby Wilks_Breaking Horse-Dublin_1959-08
Media object	Kirby Wilks & Sister, Myrl McLean-Jan 1943 Note: Picture taken at parent's home in Dublin when Kirby home on leave after basic training in the Army and before going to Europe in WWII.

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Family with parents
father Parents Benjamin Carroll Wilks Martha Harriet Young	William Wesley Wilks 1884–1946
mother Parents Ferdinando San Francisco Taylor Elizabeth Goen	Erie Catharine Taylor 1881–1951
elder brother	Karl Glyn Wilks 1906–1991
elder brother	Marl Vane Wilks 1909–1980
elder sister Family Los Charlie Ross Don Allen Ross Jerry Van Ross Doris Nan Ross Monte Ken Ross Family Asa William Howell Sr	Reta Vird Wilks 1911–1994
elder brother Family Loma Irene Smith Charles William Wilks	Dale Taylor Wilks 1914–1992
elder sister	Myrl Jean Wilks 1916–2016
elder brother	Gwyn Voy Wilks 1920–2010
himself	Kirby Kimmel Wilks 1922–2012

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Kirby Kimmel Wilks(1922–2012)