Samuel Wilson III Obituary: Terrebonne Parish, La.

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Source: Houma Courier, Houma, Terrebonne Parish, La.

16 Aug 2004

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August 15. 2004 12:00AM
Samuel Wilson III						[Photo]


Samuel Burton Wilson III, 74, a native of Cleveland, Miss., and resident of 
Thibodaux, died at 3:35 p.m. Friday, Aug. 13, 2004, after an extended illness.

Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. to funeral time Monday at St. Thomas Aquinas 
Chapel on the Nicholls State University campus. Episcopal services will be at 11 
a.m. Monday at the chapel.

He is survived by his wife, Anne Kennedy Wilson; three sons, Samuel Burton 
Wilson IV of Houma, Robert E. Wilson of Valrico, Fla., and Dr. Paul J. Wilson of 
Thibodaux; three daughters, Wanda Wilson of Durango, Colo., Margaret Anne Kearns 
of Thibodaux and Brenda Wilson of New Orleans; three sisters, Alice James of 
Meridian, Miss., Elizabeth James of Springfield, Tenn., and Marcia Griffis of 
Meridian; and 12 grandchildren.

He retired as a Nicholls State University distinguished service professor of 
biology in 1998.

At Nicholls, he pioneered in shrimp research and in 1973 was the chief force in 
establishing the Faculty Senate. He served as its president for three years. 
During 38 years of service at Nicholls, he taught innumerable students, many of 
whom are now doctors, dentists and nurses.

Wilson was born Feb. 26, 1930, in Memphis but grew up in Cleveland, Miss.

He completed degrees at Delta State University and at Louisiana State 
University, later undertaking graduate studies at Tulane University.

He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1951 to 1955, stationed in Japan during 
much of that time. He studied and taught art at Studio One in Gray for 15 years.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Nicholls Foundation's Burt 
Wilson Honors Award Fund.