Generation No. 6

N131. NORMAN WARREN⁸ WILKERSON, JR. (Elizabeth Sutton⁷ Bridgers, Estelle Sheppard⁶ Whichard, David Jordan⁵, David Fleming⁴, Nancy³ Fleming, David², John¹) married Linda Diane Ensor, daughter of James Oral Ensor and Judy Hufham, on June 21, 1969 in Immanuel Baptist Church, Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina.  She was born in 1949.  According to The Chronicles of Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County Historical Society, Greenville, North Carolina, 1982, p. 730, Warren was (is) the owner of the Pioneer Boat Company of Chocowinity, North Carolina.

Marriage of Norman Warren Wilkerson, Jr. and Linda Diane Ensor

Excerpt from The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina, Sunday, June 22, 1969, p. 11:

MISS LINDA ENSOR WEDS SATURDAY

Miss Linda Diane Ensor became the bride of Norman Warren Wilkerson, Jr. in a candlelight ceremony Saturday at 8:00 p.m. in the Immanuel Baptist Church.

The Rev. Irby Bruce Jackson, pastor of the bridal couple, heard them pledge their vows in the double-ring ceremony.

Mr. and Mrs. James Oral Ensor are the parents of the bride, and the bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Warren Wilkerson, all of Greenville ...

Given in marriage by her father ... She carried .... her mother’s wedding Bible ...

Miss Elene Willard of High Point served as maid of honor ...

Also attending the bride were Miss Nancy Jewel Ensor, sister of the bride, Miss Elizabeth Ann Wilkerson, sister of the bridegroom, and Mrs. Don Haley ...

Miss Emily Wilkerson, cousin of the bridegroom, was flower girl ...

James Oral Ensor, Jr., brother of the bride, was ring bearer ...

Malcolm T. Simpson, Jr. served as best man.  Groomsmen included Douglas Wilkerson and Robert Wilkerson, brothers of the bridegroom, David Grady Nichols, Jr., James Lewis Harris, Jr., Don Edward Haley, all of Greenville, and Herbert Marion Mashburn, cousin of the bridegroom, of Greensboro ...

Mrs. Andrew Jackson Hufham, grandmother of the bride ...

The bride and bridegroom attended East Carolina University, where he is a rising junior.  Upon their return, the couple will reside in Greenville ...

Serving punch were Mrs. Christine Mashburn, aunt of the bridegroom ...

Issue:

N179–––i.––– Kelly Diane⁹ Wilkerson.

N180–––ii.––– Samuel Andrew Wilkerson.

N132. ELIZABETH ANN⁸ WILKERSON (Elizabeth Sutton⁷ Bridgers, Estelle Sheppard⁶ Whichard, David Jordan⁵, David Fleming⁴, Nancy³ Fleming, David², John¹).  Ann married George Davis Arant, son of Norman F. Arant.

Issue:

N181–––i.––– Daniel⁹ Arant.

N182–––ii.––– Joseph Arant.

N146. SHEPPARD ANDREWS⁸ VARS (Mary Andrews⁷ Whichard, Walter Linden⁶, David Jordan⁵, David Fleming⁴, Nancy³ Fleming, David², John¹), called Shep, he graduated from Northwestern University in 1991 and currently works for the Corporate Strategy Group at United Parcel Service (UPS) in Atlanta, Georgia.

Issue:

N183–––i.––– Samuel⁹ Vars.  Sam was born in 2000

N157. JENNIFER DIANE⁸ WHICHARD (Willis Padgett⁷, Willis Guilford⁶, Ernest Bryant⁵, Willis R.⁴, Nancy³ Fleming, David², John¹) was born in 1968 in Durham, Durham County, North Carolina.  She married Steven Matthew Ritz on August 15, 1992 in Duke Chapel, Durham, North Carolina, son of David Alvah Ritz and Patricia Starr Matthews.  He was born in 1966.

Issue:

N184–––i.––– Georgia Coleman⁹ Ritz, born in 1997 in Durham, Durham County, North Carolina.

N185–––ii.––– Evelyn Grace Ritz was born in 2000 in Durham,  North Carolina.

N158. IDA GILBERT⁸ WHICHARD (Willis Padgett⁷, Willis Guilford⁶, Ernest Bryant⁵, Willis R.⁴, Nancy³ Fleming, David², John¹) was born in 1976 in Durham, Durham County, North Carolina.  She married David Andrew Silkenat on January 22, 1996, son of James R. Silkenat and Pamela Dick.  He was born in 1977.  He is a graduate of Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, majoring in History with a minor in Classical Studies.  David has previously attended The University of Chicago, Choate Rosemary Hall, and St. Bernard’s School .  He is originally from New York City.

Issue:

N186–––i.––– Chamberlain Whichard⁹ Silkenat, born in 1996 in Durham, Durham County, North Carolina.

N187–––ii.––– Dawson Gilbert Silkenat was born in 1999 in Durham, North Carolina.

N188–––iii.––– Thessaly Silkenat.

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