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Mrs.
Edward Lewis Wilkinson
(Marlene Rathbun)
Marlene Rathbun Wilkinson, a native of Oklahoma, is the
daughter of
Carl J. and Ona Rathbun. Mrs. Wilkinson was
graduated from
Oklahoma State University
where she earned her B.A. in Liberal Arts. She then
attended the
University of Memphis
where she earned her M.S. in Education, with a
concentration in General Counseling.
Mrs. Wilkinson, now retired, was formerly Director of the
Millington Center of Shelby State Community
College. She was also a counselor for underprepared
students at the Mid-Town and Gill campuses of Shelby State
Community College.
Mrs. Wilkinson is married to Captain Edward Lewis Wilkinson, USN
(Ret). They reside in Millington, Tennessee.
The Wilkinsons have three children: Edward, Martha and
Mary, and four grandchildren.
Society Memberships
* National Gavel Society
* National Society Americans of Royal Descent
* Order of Three Crusades 1096-1192
* Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States
of America
* Order of the Merovingian Dynasty
* Baronial Order of Magna Charta (Surety
of the Class of 2008)
* Military Order of the Crusades
* Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors
(former Third
Deputy Governor General)
* Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry (Councillor
General)
* National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
(former Chapter
Regent)
* Associated Daughters of Early American Witches
(Honorary President
General)
* National Society Descendants of Early Quakers (National
Presiding Clerk)
* Colonial Dames of America, Chapter VII
*
National Society Dames of the Court of Honor (former Librarian General)
* National Huguenot Society
*
Descendants of the Illegitimate Sons and Daughters of the
Kings of Britain
*
Presidential Families of America (First Vice President
General)
* Society of Descendants of Colonial Clergy (Councillor)
* Dutch Colonial Society (Vice President)
* Society of Descendants of Knights of
the Garter (UK; Descendant
Member)
* National Order of the Blue and Gray
* Society of Daughters of Holland Dames
* Order of Descendants of Colonial Physicians and
Chirurgiens
* National Society Daughters of the Barons of Runnemede
(Surety)
* Sons and Daughters of the Colonial & Antebellum Bench &
Bar 1585-1861
* National Society U.S. Daughters of 1812
* National Society Daughters of the American
Colonists (former Tennessee
State Recording Secretary)
* National Society Daughters of Colonial Wars
* Order of the First Families of Maine (former Register General)
*
National Society Sons and
Daughters of Antebellum Planters
(Historian
General)
* National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims
(former
Corresponding Secretary General)
* Colonial Dames XVII Century (former Recording Secretary
of Tennessee)
*
Continental
Society
Daughters of
Indian Wars (former
Governor of the
Tennessee Society)
* National Society New England Women (Organizing President
of the
Volunteer Colony)
* Hereditary Order of Descendants of the Loyalists and
Patriots of the
American Revolution
* Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America (former President
of the
Tennessee Chapter)
* National Society
Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century
(National Councillor; Organizing President of the Mississippi River
Valley Chapter)
* National Society Daughters of the Union 1861-1865
* National Society Women Descendants of the Ancient and
Honorable
Artillery Company
* Flagon & Trencher
* National Guild of Saint Margaret of Scotland
* Order of First Families of Connecticut
(former Marshall General; Founder
Member)
* National Society of Saints and Sinners (Advocate)
* Southern Dames of America
* Order of the First Families of Rhode Island and
Providence Plantations
* Descendants of Founders of New Jersey
* Piscataqua Pioneers
* Guild of Colonial Artisans and Tradesman 1607-1783
* United Daughters of the Confederacy
*
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865
(Organizing Tent
President)
* National Society of Old Plymouth Colony Descendants
* Society of the Founders of Norwich, Connecticut
* Descendants of the Founders of Ancient Windsor
* Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford
*
Roger Williams Association
* National Society Magna Charta Dames
* Society of the First Families of Kentucky
* Order of the First Families of New Hampshire (Deputy
Governor General)
* First Families of Georgia 1733-1797
Authorships
Ancestors and Descendants of Michael Dan Mitchell,
1998
Descendants of Richard Westrope and Robert Sanders,
1998
One Branch of the Rathbun Family, 1999
Listed In
Who's Who in the South and Southwest
Other Notes
Mrs.
Wilkinson is an active member of her community, and is
involved with numerous organizations. She is a
member of Delta Zeta Sorority and the
Saybrook
Founders Colony.
Mrs. Wilkinson is a former Board Member of the
Ten-Ark-Miss Council of the Girl Scouts of America, as
well a former Board Member of the Frayser-Millington
Metal Health Center. She and her husband are
active members of St. Anne's Episcopal Church.
In 2001, Mrs. Wilkinson received the Community Service
Award from the National Society Daughters of the
American Revolution for her years of service to her
community. Mrs. Wilkinson is a former
member of Mensa.
Mrs. Wilkinson has
been a vital part of the
Navy Relief Society, having served over 5,000 volunteer hours.
She is the recipient of the Society's Meritorious Service
Award. In the past, she has served as
Chairman of Volunteers 1971, 1974-1977; Interviewer
1971-1979; and Layettes 1971-1979. She
also retains membership in the Association of Naval
Aviation.
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