Homegoing of Hellen Joyce (Hurst) Wilkerson

Hellen Joyce Wilkerson, age 82, of Jackson Center, Ohio passed away at 5:50 a.m. Monday, April 8, 2020 at Lima Memorial Hospital in Lima, Ohio.

She was born in Henderson, Kentucky a daughter of the late Sam and Elsie (Messings) Hust.  She was also preceded in death by three brothers and three sisters.

On September 4, 1958, she married Garland R. Wilkerson and he survives along their children, Lee Wilkerson, Kathy (Mike) Smith, Susan (Doug) Chittum, Lisa (Art) Masteller, Debra (Mike) Boyd, and Sammi (Don) Selby; fourteen grandchildren; fifteen great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Hellen worked as a missionary along with her husband and was a pastor’s secretary.  She was a member of the Indian Lake Baptist Church in Lakeview, Ohio.

Pastor Don Faulder will officiate a private funeral service and burial at the Glen Cemetery in Port Jefferson, Ohio.

The staff of the Eichholtz Daring & Sanford Funeral Home in Jackson Center is honored to serve the  Wilkerson family.