EIGHTH GENERATION

63. Kenneth Wilkerson ⁽²⁾ was born on 24 Mar 1916 in GRAYSON COUNTY KENTUCKY. He died on 10 Apr 1995 in His Home at 2421 Hellen Ave. Louisville, KY.. He was buried on 13 Apr 1995 in Shadey Grove Cemetery, Falls of Rough, Grayson Co., Ky. What a wonderful man Kenny was. He was a simple man and very well liked in life. He was known all over by people that knew him as a very trustworthy person. He liked to walk in the mornings and was known to walk several miles a day. A tribute to his longivity.

Kenny was a very well known story teller and jokester. People would listen to him for hours while he told about some trip he made or his adventures in the army at Galvaston Texas. While in was in the army he served in the Coast Artillary near Port Aransas Texas. When Kenny returned to Grayson County, Kentucky after the war, he brought along a friend of an aquatic nature. It seams while Kenny was in Texas he befriended a young 3 ft. alligator. Kenny couldn't depart with it so he brought it home. Stories of his mother fainting are probably not exagerated. He kept it for one summer and it didn't make it through the follwing winter. There are stories of it chacing dogs and cats around the barn yard. It was the kind of thing you expect Kenny to do. His poor mother

The most notable thing about Kenny is the love he had for his daughter Debbie and her children Linda Michelle and Kayla Marie. Kenny and Debbie went through a lot together especially after Ellen died. Kenny really leaned on Debbie for support. Debbie was only to willing to help her dad with anything he needed. They both never said it much to each other but really didn't have to. Their love was that very special love only a father and daughter can have. It was also very apparent how attached he was especially to the grandchildren. Kenny was always taking them to the park or the movies. Linda and Kayla both had a very special relationship with him. You can still see the pride in Kenny's face in pictures of him and Linda or him and Kayla together.

Kenny died as he lived; the way He wanted to.

Ellen Francis Blain (daughter of Willie Caldwell Blain and Abigail Hale) was born on 24 Mar 1925 in Grayson Co., KY. She died on 17 Jul 1974 in Her Home at 2421 Hellen ave. Louisville, KY.. ELLEN BLAIN DIED AT HOME OF A HEART ATTACK. She was buried on 20 Jul 1974 in Shadey Grove Cemetery, Falls of Rough, Grayson Co., Ky. Kenneth Wilkerson and Ellen Francis Blain had the following children:

+73 i. Debra Lynn Wilkerson⁽²⁾ was born on 24 Aug 1957 in St. Mary's and Elizabeth Hospital Louisville, Ky.. She was baptized on 20 Apr 1997 in St. Lawrence Catholic Church.