Funeral Service for Louis Wilkerson, Who Drowned While Swimming, June 24, 1923

Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon. . . Louis Wilkerson Will be Buried in Maplewood Cemetery; Funeral at Temple Church

Funeral services over the remains of Louis Wilkerson, who met a tragic death Friday night while swimming in Crystal Lake, will be conducted from the Temple Baptist church Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock with Rev. Trela D. Collins in charge. Rev. M. Bradshaw of the memorial Methodist church will assist. Interment will be in Maplewood cemetery.

A pall of sorrow has been cast over the city because of the untimely death of the popular young man. He numbered scores of people among his friends through his genial personality. He died of heart failure Friday evening about 7 o’clock while in the water of the lake. Diving into the water feet first, his heart failed him and death overtook him as he dived. Every effort was made to resuscitate him by Dr. Joseph Graham and others who were called to the scene after his body had been removed from the lake but they failed.

Pall bearers will be: Womack Barker, Milton Airheart, Raymond Upchurch, Sidney Turner, W.H. Llewellyn, and Frank White.

Floral bearers are as follows: Misses Irene Foster, May Foster, Julia May, Elsie May, Gladys Speed, and Anita Rigsbee.

From page 7 of the Durham Morning Herald, Sunday, June 24, 1923