Georgia:  Decatur County:  Obituary of Mrs. S. P. Wilson
19 May 1927
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From The Bainbridge Post Searchlight
May 19, 1927

Death of Mrs. C.A. Wilson

Death Thursday of Mrs. S.P. Wilson, 77, in Forsythe, removed one of the 
last of an outstanding family of Revolutionary and Civil War days in 
Georgia and Florida as well, an only surviving member being a sister, 
Mrs. Frances E. Duke, of Decatur County.

Funeral services were held from the parsonage of First Methodist Church 
Friday afternoon and internment in Oak City Cemetery. In the absence of 
Rev. C.A. Jackson, of the Methodist Church and an intimate friend of the 
deceased, funeral services were in charge of the Rev. E. Ward of First 
Presbyterian Church. The deceased was Miss Connie [unclear] Mounger and 
spent her young womanhood in Bainbridge. She was twice married. Her first 
husband was Thomas J. Lanier of the prominent Georgia family of Laniers, 
and from the later marriage, one son, Fred Wilson also survives, all of 
whom with their wives attended the funeral. Her husband, S.P. Wilson also 
was present. Due to Mrs. Wilsons great love for her native state, 
Georgia, Mr. Wilson maintained a home in Forsythe as well as one in 
Tampa, Fla, and one in the Carolinas, where they spent the summer months. 
About two years ago, Mrs. Wilson, with relatives from Chattahoochee, 
Fla., who are members of the Bainbridge chapter, Daughters of the 
Revolution, were honor guests at the unveiling of the monument of Gen. 
Elijah Clarke in command of Revolutionary soldiers in Georgia and 
later became governor of the state. Mrs. Wilson was a member of the 
Quitman chapter, Daughters of the Revolution, and one of the handsomest 
of the numerous elegant floral offerings received came from her chapter. 
The Bainbridge Chapter D.A.R., with Mrs. C.S. Hodges, regent, was active 
in the courtesies here. Relatives and friends from various points in 
Georgia and Florida were present for the last sad rites. Mr. Wilson, 
the husband, was the guest of Mrs. John M. Simmons, former regent here, 
while other close members of the family were with Mrs. C.A. Jackson at 
the parsonage. - The Savannah News.

The above from the Savannah News gives some of the facts of the history 
of Mrs. Wilson. She loved Bainbridge and her oft expressed wish was to be 
brought here and buried. She had a number of old friends and school mates 
that are still living in the county and her death will be sad news to 
them. Many friends extended to the bereaved husband their most sincere 
sympathy in his most trying hour.

The out-of-town relatives attending the funeral services were: Mrs. 
Frances Dukes, Faceville, Ga., sister, Messers W.M., E.M., and M.H. Duke 
of Faceville, nephews, O.C. Duke from Fowlstown, also nephew. Miss Clara 
Duke, grand niece; Mrs. E.M. Dukes and daughters, Misses Eddie Lee, 
Jessie, and Elizabeth; Mounger Duke, Mrs. W.J. Dukes, son Allen, and 
daughter, Miss Fannie Mae; Mr. and Mrs. T.J. Edwards and son Mounger, 
from Chattahoochee, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. J.G. Anders and children, James, 
Francis, and Clara Nell, from Fowlstown; Wellborn Duke, wife and two 
children, Alta Bell and Maggie Dell, from Faceville; Mrs J.J. Bell, of 
Brooksville; Mrs. Gilbert D. Wester from Brooksville; Mrs. E. Brown of 
Tampa; Mrs. Cliff Brown, Richland, Ga.; Mrs. Clarence Duke, Faceville, 
Ga.; Mr. Tom Lanier, of Tampa, Fla.

We find from the will of Gen. Elijah Clarke, that his daughter Frances, 
married the first Edwin Mounger. From our family history we find that of 
this marriage there was born, in Louisville, Georgia, on June 1, 1806, 
the second Edwin Mounger. It further appears from the family history that 
this second Edwin Mounger was married to Elizabeth J. Allen, widow of 
John Marcus Allen, and daughter of William Ball, December 1, 1839. Of 
this marriage was born at Richland, Georgia, Mary Jane Mounger, the 
fourth child of Edwin Mounger and was married to Thomas Jones Lanier of 
Gadsden County, Florida, April 27, 1871, and that Thomas Jones Lanier 
died in Worth County, Georgia, March 16, 1879. It is also shown that on 
December 24, 1885, Mary Jane Lanier was married to Stephen A. Wilson in 
Brooksville, Florida whose wife she was at the time of her death. Of her 
first marriage, there are two sons living, Victor P. Lanier of Forsythe, 
Georgia, and George Custer Lanier, of Tampa, Florida, and of the second 
marriage, one so
"Departed, but thy spirit still
Will Linger long and blest;
Thy name, dear ones, will send a thrill,
To soothe the aching breast.
We would not call thee back again,
>From that glorious rest above;
The home so full of heavenly peace,
Shadowed by His tender love.
Then rest dear sister in thy tomb,
Until we meet again;
All sorrows now are over,
In Heaven thy soul doth reign."
A FRIEND