Izenea Delores Wilkerson Obituary (1930

IZENEA DELORES WILKERSON, affectionately known to many as "SISTAH", was born in Baltimore, Maryland on September 18, 1930, as the second child of eight to the late Anderson and Viola Williams Jefferson. On Sunday, January 14, 2024, she received her wings and departed this life to her eternal home in heaven. She was raised and educated in Lunenburg County. She joined and was baptized at Bethlehem R.Z.U.A Church, Lunenburg, VA at an early age and continued her membership there until her health began to fail. Although she enjoyed reading, gardening, spending time with her family, and watching The Golden Girls, she also enjoyed her work at The Peoples Community Center (TPCC) Food Bank. There she assisted with preparing food boxes for the clients and cooking meals for the volunteers. Cooking brought her so much joy. She enjoyed blessing others with her homemade rolls, pies, and cakes. It was not uncommon for her to whip up a grasshopper pie or a banana pudding just because someone mentioned that they would love to have it. She worked as a cafeteria cook at Victoria Elementary School and was honored by the school division for her twenty-seven years of service. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Walter Wilkerson, Sr.; two sisters: Inez Hawthorne and Verlene Williams and two brothers: William and Hurley Jefferson. She leaves to cherish her memory, her children: Avis W. Otey of Victoria, VA, Arlene W. Ashe of Hampton, VA, Alan D. Wilkerson of Marion, AR, Joseph W. Wilkerson, Jr. of Victoria, VA, Darryl W. Wilkerson of Victoria, VA, Harold B. Wilkerson of Jersey City, NJ, Leon L. Wilkerson Sr. (Toni) of Kenbridge, VA and Angela N. Wilkerson of Reidsville, NC.; Two sisters: Elizabeth Jefferson of Brooklyn, NY and Shirley Glasgow (Leroy) of Amelia County; one brother, John Jefferson of Virginia Beach, VA.; Grandchildren: Cornelius "Lamont" Otey, LaTasha "Tasha" Gayles, Dante' Saez (Mary), Brandon Ashe (Vnai), Anthony Saez, Bryan Ashe, Robert Wilkerson, Morgan Wilkerson, Alicia Wilkerson, Chael Smith, Travashia Wilkerson, and Leon Wilkerson Jr.; fourteen Great Grandchildren and a host of loving relatives and friends.