Mae Lizor Wilkins

MAE LIZOR WILKINS WAS BORN ON JULY 1, 1933 TO THE LATE MR.AND MRS. CHARLIE AND PINKIE HARRIS. MAE WAS CALLED HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD ON JANUARY 24, 2023 AT THE AGE OF 89 YEARS OLD.

MAE RECEIVED CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF REV. HEDRICK AS A MEMBER OF ZION TRAVELERS MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE SHE WAS A ACTIVE MEMBER OF VARIOUS COMMITTEES INCLUDING DR. WATTS AND THE MOTHER BOARD UNTIL HER HEALTH PREVENTED HER FROM PARTICIPATION.

AS THE ELDEST OF 14, MAE WORKED AS A HOMEMAKER BUT FOUND HER CALLING AS A MOTHER AND MOTHER FIGURE TO HER VILLAGE WHICH CONSISTED OF HER THIRTEEN SIBLINGS, NINE BIOLOGICAL CHILDREN, THREE STEPCHILDREN AND SIX NIECES AND NEPHEWS WHICH AND HER HUSBAND OF TWENTY-FOUR YEAR J.W.(JAYBIRD) WILKINS RAISED TOGETHER.

VISITATION WILL BE FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3, 2023 FROM 12:00 PM - 3:30 PM AT ROYAL FUNERAL HOME.  THE CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE SATURDAY FEBRUARY 4, 2023, 11:00 AM AT ZION TRAVELER MB CHURCH, FARRELL, MS.  BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT ZION TRAVELER MB CHURCH CEMETERY.

SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, LOVING HUSBAND OF TWENTY FOURS YEARS J.W.WILKINS ,FIVE BROTHERS; REALUS HARRIS, J.C. HARRIS, J .T HARRIS, L.C HARRIS, AND JAMES HARRIS,FIVE SISTERS; BERTHA WILLIAMS, EASTER JONES, JESSIE B. REID ,CORA JONES, AND MATTIE CAMPBELL. FIVE CHILDREN; BESSIE MAE JONES, LARRY JONES, ALBERT JONES, CHRISTINE VAUGHN, STANLEY WILKINS, SR., AND BEST FRIEND ELLA GRACE.

SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH PRECIOUS MEMORIES TO HER BEAUTIFUL FOUR REMAINING CHILDREN; ONE SON W.C.(SARA) HARRIS OF LOMPOC, CA .AND THREE DAUGHTERS WILLIE MAE JONES OF FARRELL, MS ; JERLEAN FARR OF MALDEN,MO; AND TINA MCCRAY OF JONESBORO, ARK. TWO STEP-DAUGHTERS ODIE WILKINS AND QUEEN ESTER WILKINS OF ILLINOIS. AND ONE STEP-SON RICKIE JOHNSON OF ATLANTA,GA. THREE LOVING SISTERS;JEANIE MAE MALLORY OF MALDEN, MO; VIRGIE BOURNIE OF ST.LOUIS, MO, AND MAE ANN HARRIS OF FARRELL,MS. FOUR GRANDCHILDREN AND TWO NIECES THAT WERE RAISED BY HER: CONSUELLA (CONNIE) CLARK OF FARRELL, MS ;TIFFANY JONES OF NASHVILLE, TN; STANLEY(YANG)WILKINS JR OF OKLAHOMA; MONROE(BOO)VAUGHN OF FARRELL, MS;TRIQUETTA JOHNSON OF LITTLE ROCK, ARK, AND MARGARET HARRIS OF FARRELL,MS. SHE ALSO LEAVES BEAUITFUL MEMORIES TO CHERISH WITH 18 GRANDCHILDREN,30 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, 18 GREAT GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, TWO GOD GRANDCHILDREN; ADAM ROACH OF CLEVELAND,MS AND MORGANA ANDERSON OF FARRELL,MS. BEST FRIEND FLORINE KIRKWOOD OF FARRELL,MS AND CLOSE FRIEND DOROTHY JENKINS OF FARRELL,MS; AS WELL AS A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, SISTER-IN-LAWS AND BROTHER-IN-LAWS.