A Life Celebration for Mrs. Nadine Merritt Wilkerson of Americus, Georgia will be held on Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. at the Friendship Cemetery in Americus, Georgia. Due to COVID-19 concerns, we ask that you please MASK UP and continue social distancing for your protection and for the safety of others.
Loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin, and friend, Nadine Merritt Wilkerson was born on November 9, 1937 in Marion County, Georgia. She was the fifth child of the late George and Ida B. Merritt. “Mama Dine”, as she was affectionately called by her grandchildren, was baptized at New Bethel Baptist Church at an early age. She graduated from Staley High School in 1955. She was a lifelong homemaker, doing domestic work only occasionally to provide for her family. She was a devoted daughter of a sharecropper living on a farm just outside the city limits of Americus, Georgia. Then she met and married the love of her life, Willie Wilkerson. She was his devoted wife until his untimely death.
Nadine “MaMa Dine” devoted her life to providing love and support to her three children and being caregiver to her parents and a disabled brother. She gave lovingly and humbly of herself. She taught life values to her children, including the importance of God as the center of life. She taught honesty and integrity, hard work and sharing, how to treat people, and the importance of family.
Nadine “Mama Dine” transitioned into eternal rest on September 9, 2020 at her home surrounded by family and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Willie Wilkerson, parents, George W. Merritt, Sr. and Ida B. Merritt, six brothers, one sister: Effie J. Merritt, Fred D. Merritt, John “JS” Merritt, Roosevelt Merritt, and Willie B. Merritt all of Chicago, Illinois, Marvin Merritt and George “GW” Merritt, Jr. of Americus, Georgia; one sister: Barbara Postell of Atlanta Georgia.
Nadine “Mama Dine” is survived by her three children: Bertina Merritt McGhee, Lenny Merritt, and Clovene Wilkerson; two grandchildren: Steven George Spillman and Jasmine Wilkerson; two brothers: Clyde Merritt of Chicago, Illinois and Malcolm (Janet) King of Americus, Georgia; three sisters, Diane (William) Smith, Doris (Charles) Farlow and Sharon King all of Americus, Georgia; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
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