Garnett Wilkes
August 23, 2021

Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Home 943 Highway 425 North Monticello, AR 71655 Map & Directions Virtual service Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Home 943 Hwy 425 N Monticello ,  AR 71655 9/5/2021 4:00 p.m. Map & Directions

Garnett Wilkes, age 77 of Monticello, passed away Monday, August 23, 2021, at Baptist Health in Conway, AR. He was born April 14, 1944, in Monticello, AR to the late Smedia Wilkes, Sr., and Mary Lee Wilkes.
He was retired from Chicago Transit and a Christian. He was a man of God, a strong, kind man, who loved gardening, working, hunting and fishing. He was always the life of the party and a man of great wisdom and integrity. He was also a man who lived to add joy, laughter, and good food to every life he touched. He was incomparable, undeniable, unbelievable, and absolutely unforgettable. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his wife, Tonia Wilkes; brothers, Smedia Wilkes, Jr. and Vance Wilkes; sisters, Linda Kay Wilkes and Dorothy Lee Dot Wilkes.
Survivors include his four loving daughters, Kim of Fremont, CA, Monique of Madison, WI, Veliscia (Darnell) of Homewood, IL, and Tonette of Fayetteville, AR; four devoted sons, Vareck (Cynthia) of Hillside, IL, Mario (Masika) of Olympia Fields, IL, Garnett (Sara) of Lyon, IL and Devario of Monticello, AR; four brothers, Cleolen "Cleo" of Oak Park, IL, Leonard (Sonya) of Lynwood, IL, Mark of Monticello, AR, and Timothy "Tim" of Monticello, AR; four sisters, Mary of Monticello, AR, Bennie of Belleville, IL, Patricia "Pat" of Monticello, AR, and Shirley (Geneo) of Sherwood, AR; and a host of loving grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends all around the country.
There will be a virtual funeral service at 4:00 p.m. Sunday, September 5, 2021, on the Stephenson-Dearman website. Online guestbook at www.stephensondearman.com.



The staff of Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Home would like to issue a statement regarding the virtual memorial service of Mr. Garnett Wilkes which was held at 4:00 p.m. Sunday, September 5, 2021:

For those that participated in Mr. Wilkes zoom memorial service, it was very obvious that the service was hacked by someone through the zoom software. The content of the hack was very distasteful and inappropriate not to mention devastating to the family, as well as our funeral home staff. We are going to implore all avenues to find out who the responsible party is and will prosecute to the fullest extent of the law. Our heartfelt thoughts go out to this dear family as they, along with our staff, spent hours organizing and planning this virtual service due to the Covid pandemic. If anyone has knowledge of who may be responsible for this, we ask that you contact the funeral home or a local law enforcement official.