Mrs. Lucille Edge Wilkes, age 105 years passed away peacefully in the early morning hours on Friday, August 21, 2020 at Dublinair Health and Rehabilitation Center in Dublin, Georgia.

Born in Mt. Vernon, she was one of eight children born to the late Robert and Kate Johnson Edge. She grew up in the Rockledge Community and has called that area home for her entire life. Mrs. Wilkes loved cooking and sharing her meals with others. During the 1960s she worked at the Cile Cook Home in the Minter Community and later at East Laurens High School in the Cafeteria. Mrs. Wilkes was a devoted prayer warrior that shared her love with those that she came in contact with and above all wanted others to know her Lord and live right.

She was a longtime member of Tweed Chapel Church of God.

In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, James Rhodus Wilkes, who passed away in October of 1991, two daughters, Annette Rigby and Gloria Purdee, siblings, Willis Edge, Marvin Edge, Thurmin Edge, W.R. "Dub" Edge, Clara Hooks and Reba Darsey.

Mrs. Wilkes leaves behind, her son, Reverend Sonny Dale Wilkes (Joanie Self), Dublin, Georgia, her remaining brother, Harold Edge, East Dublin, Georgia, eight grandchildren, several great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be at 11:00 am on Monday, August 24, 2020 in the Williams Chapel of Sammons Funeral Home with Reverend David Wilkes officiating.

Mrs. Wilkes will be laid to rest beside her husband in Wilkes Cemetery,

Her family will receive friends on Monday, at the funeral home, from 10:00 am until the hour of service.

Facial coverings will be required of all attendees.

SAMMONS FUNERAL HOME, The Tradition Since 1917, Soperton, Georgia