OXFORD — Patricia Kay Wilkerson died Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011, as the result of a house fire. She was 54.

Ms. Wilkerson had lived in Vicksburg most of her life and had lived in Oxford for the past three years. She was a member of St. Peters Episcopal Church and was employed with the University of Mississippi at the Small Development Center.

She was preceded in death by her father, Alton Clinton Wilkerson.

She is survived by her mother, L. Nell Spears Wilkerson of Vicksburg.

Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Greenlawn Gardens Cemetery with the Rev. Jess Sumrall officiating. Glenwood Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. Visitation will be Thursday from 1 p.m. until the service at the funeral home.