Mr. Wilkerson was born April 14, 1870, in Monroe County to the late Milton and Amanda Bybee Wilkerson. He married the former Miss Inez Royer in 1900. She died Jan. 23, 1956.

He came to Columbia in 1929 from Mexico, Mo., and was connected with the Wilkerson Nursery on Business Loop 70 until retirement. He is a member of the First Christian Church.

Survivors include five daughters, Mrs. Loryn McQuerter, Mt. Vernon; Mrs. Delmar Kinney, Webster Groves; Mrs. Eugene Newman,Kansas City; Mrs. Carl Heil, Berkeley, Calif.; Miss Leona Wilkerson, Anchorage, Alaska; two sons, Royer Wilkerson, 204 Hitt St.; Milton Wilkerson, Moberly; a sister, Mrs. Jim Towson, 502 South Garth Ave; 13 grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Home Chapel. The Rev. Eldon Drennan associate pastor of the First Christian Church will officiate. Burial will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery.

Pallbearers are David Wilkerson, Kenny Wilkerson, Joseph Wilkerson, Kelly Wilkerson, Kent McQuerter, and Phillip Kinney. All are grandsons. The body will remain at the Memorial Funeral Home until burial.