Floyd County GaArchives Obituaries.....Wilder, James Allen "Big Jim" 2007
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Rome News Tribune
Rome News Tribune February 9, 2007 :
James Allen "Big Jim" Wilder
   James Allen, "Big Jim" Wilder, age 86, of 505 North Fifth Avenue, a former
resident of the Dykes Creek Community, Rome, died Wednesday morning,
February 7, 2007, at Fifth Avenue Health Care.
  A native of Peach County, Ga., Mr. Wilder was born on December 25, 1920 ,the
son of the late Charles A. and Beulah Jones Wilder. He had been a resident of
Floyd County since 1972, moving here from Peach County, GA and was a member of
the Mizpah United Methodist Church. Mr. Wilder was a veteran of World War II and
the Korean Conflict having served in the United States Navy for 20 years,
retiring in 1959 as Chief Petty Officer. Mr. Wilder was a member of Fort Valley
Masonic Lodge #100 F&AM, was a member of Royal Arch, Council and Knights Templar
of Fort Valley, Georgia. For many years prior to his retirement Mr. Wilder owned
and operated an Auto Paint and Body Shop. Mr. Wilder was married on June 25,
1972 to May Belle Prater Wilder, who preceded him in death on April 16, 2005.
Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Becky and Tommy Tucker of Orlando,
Fla.; 1 son and daughter-in-law, Billy and Priscilla Wilder of Atmore, Ala.; 4
grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren survive as do a sister, Estelle Hallman
of Fort Valley, Ga. Nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral
services will be held this (Friday) morning February 9, 2007, at 11 a. m. at the
Mizpah United Methodist Church with the Rev. Brad Prater and the Rev. Joyce
Williamson officiating. Interment will follow in the family lot in East View
Cemetery with the Shanklin-Attaway American Legion Post #5 Honor Guard
conducting military graveside rites. The following will serve as active
pallbearers, Danny Drummond, Manford Gregory, Melvin Grogan, Wendell Fincher,
Jarrell Cagle and Jerry Lumpkin and are requested to meet at the church on
Friday morning by 10 a.m. The family received friends at the funeral home on
Thursday evening from 6 until 8 p. m. Fred
Talley's Parkview Chapel Funeral has charge of the funeral  arrangements for
James Allen "Big Jim" Wilder.
 


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