Floyd County GaArchives Obituaries.....Wilson, John H. 1957 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Emily o"Neal eboneal@comcast.net March 27, 2008, 10:40 am Rome News Tribune Rome News Tribune September 3, 1957 John M. Wilson's Services Wednesday John M. Wilson, 81, former Roman, died in Veterans Hospital in Atlanta at 6:30 p.m. Monday following an illness of several years. Mr. Wilson was born in Cherokee County, Ala. Feb. 29, 1876, son of the late Francis Marion Wilson and Eliza Jane South Wilson but had been a resident of Rome the greater part of his life. He was a well known textile employee and a veteran of the Spanish American War. He was preceded in death by his wife, the former Miss Daphine Irene Lipham Oct. 30, 1956. Survivors include two sons, Mavis of Marietta; Melvin of San Diego, Calif.; and one step-son Marvin Brewer, Detroit, Mich.; three brothers, Willie Franklin Wilson, Canton, Joe Wilson, Dallas, Ga., and Julius S. Wilson, Gadsden, Ala. Three grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be held at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Jennings Funeral Home with Elders L. W. Spink and Joe Brock officiating. Inerment will be in Pisgah Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the funeral home until time for services. Pallbearers include Howard Ford, Lee Richardson, Melvin McBurnett, Leroy Whorton, Charlie McJunkin and Ray Horton. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/floyd/obits/w/wilson8709gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb