Decatur County GaArchives Obituaries.....Wilson, William Emery April 8, 1952
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Georgia and Maine newspapers combination
William Emery Wilson, 72, died Tuesday April 8th in Bainbridge, Georgia.  
Formerly of Cherryfield, he was the son of the late Emerson K. Wilson and 
Harriet N. Wilson.   He had been in ill health for some time.

     He was a graduate of Cherryfield Academy and recently attended his 
fiftieth class reunion.  He married the former Miss Catherine Naomi Grafton, 
and September would have been their fiftieth wedding anniversary.     He 
retired in 1937 as chief powerhouse engineer from Attapulgus Clay Company, 
after having moved to Attapulgus from Towson, Md. in 1919.

     He was a member of the Congregational Church and a former Mason.    
Surviving are his wife Catherine, three children, Emerson of Tallahassee, Fl., 
Mae of Jacksonville, Fl., and Hazel of Bainbridge, Ga., and several 
grandchildren.  Also surviving are four sisters, Mrs. F. D. Rogers of 
Wellesley, Ma,  Mrs. G. T. Tupper of Brewer, Me.,  Mrs. Morris Campbell of 
Pontiac, Michigan,  and Mrs. Hazel Snow of Winterhill, Ma.

           Funeral Services were held from the First Baptist Church on Thursday 
afternoon at three o'clock, with Dr. Lewis Wright, Rev. Frank Nalls, and Rev. 
Harcourt Walter officiating.   Interment was in Oak City Cemetery.   Pall 
bearers included J. C. Richardson, Ernest Smith,  Jimmy Kane, H. H. Felty, F. 
Marian Miller, W. B. Miller, Jr., Harry C. Sidener, and Milton Woodbery.   E. 
W. Cox and Sons in charge.

     Out of town people who attended the funeral included:  Mr. and Mrs E. 
Ernest Smith, Jr. and Miss Mattie Lou Davis of Gainesville, Ga.;  Miss Rheta 
Hoey and Mrs. Zelma Gunter of Baltimore, Md.;  Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Brewer of 
Blakely;  Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Richardson of Decatur;  Mrs. Mary Gilleylen of 
Tallahassee, and Mrs. Pearl McCall of Quincy.



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From papers in archive of Hazel Wilson Battles, the daughter of William E. 
Wilson

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