Wade Jerome Singleton
January 9, 1964 – December 30, 2023

Mr. Wade Jerome “Big Daddy” Singleton was born on January 9, 1964 and passed away on December 30, 2023 at the age of 58 years old. After visitation on Friday, January 12th at Paradise Funeral Home in Jonesboro, Wade’s Celebration of Life service was held on Saturday, January 13th at Travelers Rest Baptist Church in Jonesboro. Burial followed at the Travelers Rest Cemetery in Jonesboro under the direction of Paradise Funeral Home. 

Jimmy Lee Wilkerson
October 11, 1945 – January 8, 2024

Mr. Jimmy Lee Wilkerson of Chatham, Louisiana passed away on Monday, January 8, 2024 at Jackson Parish Hospital. He was 78 years old. Jimmy was a skidder driver for forty-plus years. He enjoyed fishing and hunting, and he loved spending time at his pond that he had built himself. Jimmy loved Western movies and books and he enjoyed eating out at nearby restaurants. Even in his later years, Jimmy was a “timber man”. He often brought family and friends to some of the tracts of land on which he had skidded timber in years past, and reminisced about days gone by.

Jimmy is survived by his daughters, Cindy Ingles (John) and Tina Brown (Ronnie); bonus children, Frank Pierce, Jr., Patsy Monger, Preston Pierce and Patricia Meyer; 11 grandchildren, numerous great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren; sister, Linda Roberson; and brother, David Wilkerson.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Bobbie Stone Wilkerson; his father, Edward Lee Wilkerson; mother, Louise (Criddle) Wilkerson; siblings, Shirley Diel, Donald Wilkerson, Mary Williams, Samuel Wilkerson and Dale Wilkerson.

The funeral service was held on Friday, January 12, 2024 at the Southern-Edmonds Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Richard Harmon officiating. Burial followed in the Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery near Weston, under the direction of Southern-Edmonds Funeral Home.