Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Robert "Bobby" Lewis Wilks

81 years old · died January 19, 2017 · Lois M. DeBerry Special Needs Facility, Nashville, Tennessee

Robert "Bobby" Lewis Wilks, 81, died on January 19 at a hospital in the Nashville area while he was held at the Lois M. DeBerry Special Needs Prison Facility in Tennessee. A Tennessee Department of Correction representative told Smokey Barn News that he died of natural causes. The representative's statement is the only account of the cause of death in the report.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

Reported by: Tennessee Department of Correction representative (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

News report