Howard Wilkinson- Roosevelt High School

Howard Earl Wilkinson was born on July 6, 1949 in Harlem, NY to parents Earl Gaskin Wilkinson (1922 - 1990) and Lovie Virginia Couch (1927 - 2007). He had a sister and a brother. He attended city schools and then graduated from Roosevelt High School in Yonkers New York. After high school, Howard earned a B.S. in education from Wagner College on Staten Island and a master's degree from the City College of New York. Howard married Velma Orene (Thomas) Wilkinson on June 30, 1973 in New York City. They had three daughters together: Shervah, Kellee and Kathleen Wilkinson. She filed for divorce in December of 1992 in the Bronx. Mr. Wilkinson was a dedicated Yonkers school district employee and spent 18 years teaching third and fourth grade at the former School 19. In 1988, he transitioned to the Enrico Fermi School for the Performing Arts, where he taught sixth grade. Howard Wilkinson passed away in New York on December 31, 1993 at the age of 44. Read more at Howard Earl Wilkinson Obituary .