Mrs. Linda Gail Wilkes, 64, of Wadley died Tuesday, October 1, 2024, at East Alabama Medical Center. Opelika. Funeral services were held on Saturday, October 5, 2024, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Wadley at 1:00 p.m. (CST) with Pastor William Russell & Pastor Tom Staples officiating. The interment was in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Wilkes was born March 9, 1960 to the late Willie Young & Gladys Mae Hardnett Staples. She acknowledged God as a child and became a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Wadley. She worked for many years at Terry Manufacturing and Jac Products where she was a shift leader.
Mrs. Wilkes is survived by one son: Deron (Amber) Spraddling, Wadley; seven grandchildren: Amya, Damarious, Demon, Javion, Hannah, Harmony and Dreyson all of Wadley; three brothers: Calvin (Hazel) Staples, Tommy (Terita) Staples both of Roanoke and Robert Staples, Wadley; two sisters: Mary Jean Staples, Lineville and Shirley (Walter) McKenzie, Talladega; four aunts: Pauline Walker-Brown, Jamaica Queens, NY, Mable Nkanta, Roanoke, Rebecca Jean Threats, Pell City and Ida Maude Thomas, Decatur, GA; one uncle: Vernon Hardnett, Roanoke; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
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