Obituaries:  Robet Pendleton Wilson, Sabine, DeSoto Parish       W-425
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Feb 23, 1951
Submitted by: Tammy Larche-Smith
              tammy@cp-tel.net




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The Sabine Index - Robet Pendleton Wilson

  23 Feb 1951 - Funeral services for Robet Pendleton Wilson,
101, one of Louisiana's two remaining Confederate veterans ,were
held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the St. Terrance Catholic church at
Pleasant Hill.

  Mr. Wilson, who would have observed his 102nd birthday on
Sept. 16, 1951, died about 4:45 a.m. Sunday in Prothro clinic at
Pleasant Hill following an short illness.

  A native of Grifin, Ga., the centenarian, who was
affectionately known as "Uncle Bob" moved in Louisiana with his
parents when he was a child. He had resided in Natchitoches,
DeSoto and Sabine parishes for the past 89 years.

  He rode with Gen. J. B. Stewart's calvary as a private during
the Civil War, fighting in the Battle of Mansfield and other
campaigns. His father, "Keeler Bill" Wilson, lived to be 104.

  Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. J. E. Watts, Longview,
Mrs. Lee Neal and Miss Jewella Wilson, with whom he resided, both
of Pleasant Hill; two sons, W. O. Wilson, Shreveport, and Leon
Wilson, Pleasant Hill;; two sisters, Mrs. Florence McCaskill and
Miss Sarah Wilson, both of Marshall, Texas, 12 grandchildren,
five great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

  Burial was at the Zion Rest Cemetery, Pleasant Hill.