In Loving Memory of Bert Wilkins

Everette Burton Wilkins "Bert" "I thought so once, but now I know it."

Bert Wilkins transferred to EHS from Rockmart, Georgia beginning our senior year. His daddy was a preacher and he moved to Eastman to become the pastor of one of our churches. Bert was very sharp and intellectual person. He was in the Beta Club and played on the baseball team. He was a plumbing contractor during his working years. Despite the fact that Bert was with us for only one year, he attended most all of the '55 Class and EHS reunions and drove to Eastman each time from Colorado. He died July 5, 2004 after a bout with lung cancer. We did not learn of his death until almost a year later.