Age 93, Longtime Snyder and Mountain Park resident - Services will be at 2:00 pm Sunday in the First United Methodist Church, Snyder with Rev. Lory J. Fahle, Pastor of the Mountain Park First United Methodist Church officiating. Mrs. Wilks died peacefully July 31 at St. Anthony's Hospital in Oklahoma City following a brief illness. Burial will be in Fairlawn Cemetery, Snyder under the direction of Becker Funeral Home of Snyder. She was born March 6, 1915 in Dexter, Texas to W.O. and Ona Mae (Willey) Russell. Willie and her family moved to west of Mountain Park in the mid 1920's. She attended Rockdale, Shiloh and Mullins schools prior to Mountain Park High School, where she graduated in 1933. Willie was featured in a July 5, 2008 Lawton Constitution newspaper article as the last surviving member of her graduating class. On December 24, 1941 she married Carroll Roy Wilks. The couple lived west of Mountain Park where they owned a farm and raised cattle, and continued to farm for many years even after they and their five children moved to Snyder in 1959. Willie was a lifelong homemaker who loved to cook, sew and crochet. Beginning when she only was about 7 years old, she regularly cooked meals for her father and her sister, Gladys, who where working on the farm in Texas. Willie's mother died when she was seven months old. When Willie and Roy married and started a family, she took care of the home and often cooked meals and delivered them to the field where Roy was farming. Together they raised three girls and two boys. For almost all of her life, Willie was an active member of the First United Methodist Church in Mountain Park. She enjoyed participating in Bible study classes and helping with other church activities. Over the years, she and her family also attended the First United Methodist Church in Snyder. Willie lived in Snyder until late 2007 when she moved to Oklahoma City to live with one of her daughters. Later, she lived in an assisted living center. She enjoyed a long and active life, rarely ever ill until the last month of her 93 years. She was a loving daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, and a friend to many who experienced her kindness, compassion and generosity. She is survived by her children, Leroy Wilks and wife Mavis of Clinton, OK, Wanda McCornack Scott and husband Darrell of OKC, OK, Louise Starcher and husband Burton of Amarillo, TX, Jeanie DeYong and husband Gary of Shawnee, OK and Ed Wilks of St. Augustine, FL, nine grandchildren, Jay Wilks of Tulsa, OK, Brent Wilks of Clinton, OK, Rhonda Holden and husband Brian of Clinton, OK, Kenny McCornack and wife Meredith of Norman, OK, Gina McCornack Hennessee and husband John of OKC, OK, Lori Starcher Brown and husband Donnie of Plainview, TX, Holli Starcher Mitchell and husband Brian of Lubbock, TX, Grant DeYong and wife Stephanie of Waxahachie, TX, and Haven DeYong Ferguson and husband Bryant of Tulsa, OK. She is also survived by 10 great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her father, mother, husband and her sister Gladys Mae Brown.