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Wilkinson was born in Coushatta in Red River Parish, south of Shreveport, to John Dallas Wilkinson (1867-1929) and the former Alice Mai Scott (died 1956), the daughter of a judge, Nelson Jackson Scott. His younger sister, Alice Mai Wilkinson, died in 1907 at the age of eleven. He had an older brother, John Pugh Wilkinson. The senior Wilkinson was also an attorney, first in Coushatta and later in Shreveport, and a member of the Louisiana Constitutional Convention in 1921.<ref name=aboutwilkinson/>​

Wilkinson was born in Coushatta in Red River Parish, south of Shreveport, to John Dallas Wilkinson (1867-1929) and the former Alice Mai Scott (died 1956), the daughter of a judge, Nelson Jackson Scott. His younger sister, Alice Mai Wilkinson, died in 1907 at the age of eleven. He had an older brother, John Pugh Wilkinson. The senior Wilkinson was also an attorney, first in Coushatta and later in Shreveport, and a member of the Louisiana Constitutional Convention in 1921.<ref name=aboutwilkinson/>​

In 1912, Wilkinson graduated from Culver Military Academy in Culver,  [[Indiana]]. In 1915, he received a Bachelor of Arts from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], where he was president of his senior class. He obtained his law degree in 1917 from the LSU Law Center.<ref name=lahist/>​

In 1912, Wilkinson graduated from Culver Military Academy in Culver,  [[Indiana]]. In 1915, he received a Bachelor of Arts from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], where he was president of his senior class. He obtained his law degree in 1917 from the LSU Law Center.<ref name=lahist/>

==Military, legal, and political career==​

==Military, legal, and political career==​

Wilkinson served in the [[United States Army]] in [[World War I]] and again in [[World War II]], during which he attained the rank of [[colonel]].<ref name=lahist/>

Wilkinson served in the [[United States Army]] in [[World War I]] and again in [[World War II]], during which he attained the rank of [[colonel]].<ref name=lahist/>