Linda Ann Wilkerson, forty-three, of Waurika, Oklahoma, died Sunday, July 20, 2003, in an Oklahoma City hospital. Linda was born December 12, 1959, in Riverside, California, to Elmer and Jennie Lee Howard. She was a longtime Waurika resident and a homemaker.

Survivors include: two daughters - Jennifer Wilkerson of Waurika, OK, and Stacy Wilkerson of Comanche, OK; two grandchildren - Andrew and Brianna; two brothers - John Howard and Roger Howard, both of Comanche, OK; and five sisters - LaWanda Ford and Donna McCarty of Waurika, OK, Sharon Morris of Comanche, OK, Wenda Howard of Ada, OK, and Sheena Shipley of Riverside, CA.

She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers, Billy Joe, Kenneth Bob, and Roy Wayne Howard, and a granddaughter, Monica Wilkerson.

Graveside services for Mrs. Wilkerson were at 10:00 AM, Tuesday, July 22, 2003 at the Duncan Cemetery with Randy Herron officiating. Burial was under the direction of Dudley Funeral Home of Comanche.