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Submitted: 11/8/09 • Approved: 12/1/11 • Last Updated: 8/5/12 • R256422-G256421-S3
Born April 6, 1898, Baxter County, Arkansas.
Died May 2, 1988, Calico Rock, Izard County, Arkansas.
Daughter of W. A. & Rosalie Herring Ellis.
Married James M. Wilson, December 25, 1918, Salesville, Baxter County, Arkansas.
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Visitation for May Wilson of Old Joe will be from 9AM to 9PM today at Roller Funeral Home, with the family receiving friends from 6-8PM. Mrs. Wilson died Monday (May 2, 1988) at Calico Rock Medical Center. She was 90.
Services will be held at 2PM Wednesday at Old Galatia Church with the Rev. Troy Melton officiating. Burial will be in Galatia Cemetery.
She is survived by four sons, Kermit Wilson of Calico Rock, Hayes Wilson of Jacksonville, William (Bill) T. Wilson and Colburt Wilson, both of Mt. home; one daughter, Carmen C. Crow of Charleston, WV; one brother, Claude R. Ellis of Oil Trough; 34 granchildren; several great grandchildren; one great great granddaughter. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one son, two daughter, three brothers and two sisters.
A native of Baxter County, Mrs. Wilson was born here April 6, 1898 to the late W.A. and Rosalie Herring Ellis. She and the late James M. Wilson, who died in 1979, were married Dec 25, 1918 at Salesville. She was a housewife and a member of the Baptist Church.
Arrangements are under the direction of Rller Funeral Home.
(From the files of Max Parnell.)
(Photo courtesy of Vera Reeves)
Contributed on 11/8/09 by maxparnell
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