Graveside services for Mr. Ben Charles Wilkinson will be held on Thursday, July 31, 2025, at 12:30 in the afternoon at Springhill Pentecostal Church Cemetery in Wesson with Bro. Trey Walker officiating; Brookhaven Funeral Home will be in charge of the arrangements. Visitation will be held at Brookhaven Funeral Home on Thursday morning from 10:00 AM until 11:30 AM.

Serving as pallbearers will be Mike Hamilton, Allen Hamilton, Austin Hamilton, Mitchell Wilkinson, Dustin Wilkinson, and Nicholas Wilkinson.

Mr. Wilkinson, 84, of Wesson, Mississippi passed away on July 28, 2025. He was born on August 10, 1940 to Samuel Silas and Ada Pickering Wilkinson.

From an early age, Ben loved tinkering with cars. He grew up to be a mechanic and was the owner and operator of Ben's Auto Repair in Hazlehurst for many years. He loved his wife, children, family and his dog, Benny.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and his first wife Bonnie Wilkinson;  a son, Luke Wilkinson; a sister, Barbara Ann Godbold; and three brothers, Winston Wilkinson, A.C. White, and Curt Wilson.

Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Wilkinson; three sons, Charlie Wilkinson (Rhonda), Calvin Wilkinson, and Jonathan Wilkinson; two daughters, Sandra McLemore (Scott) and Elsie Walker (Lonnie); 11 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren. He was also blessed with an extended family whom he leaves behind; a son, Tony Moore; two daughters, Patricia Bailey (Roger) and Maybelle Townsend (Bubba); six grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren; as well as a brother, Lee Nottingham (Wendy) and a sister, Helen Griffin.

The family would like to extend special thanks to the staff of Hospice Compassus, especially his nurse, Jessica Sumrall.