Mitchell County NcArchives Obituaries.....Wilson, Willa Mae Presnell October 16, 2007
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Mitchell News-Journal 10/24/2007  
WILLA MAE PRESNELL WILSON 

NEWDALE - Willa Mae "Wilma" Presnell Wilson, 86, died Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007 
at Autumn Care in Marion. Raised in the Booneford community, she was the 
daughter of the late James and Julia Hall Presnell, and wife of the late Leroy 
Wilson. She was also preceded in death by three brothers, Roy, Claude, and 
Raymond Presnell; and five sisters, Lillie Young, Lola Thomas, Nora Silver, 
Grace Riddle Thomas, and Sally Buckner Atwater. She worked for the National 
Defense Mica Program during WWII and later at the Government Depot. She was a 
housemother at Crossnore School and later worked for Blue Ridge Hearthside 
Crafts, Inc., where she served as a board member and promoted WNC crafts. She 
was a restaurant cook and some still talk about her chocolate and coconut 
cream pies, and her sourdough bread.

A memorial service was held at 7 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church of Spruce 
Pine. Memorial donations may be made to The American Cancer Society, or to St. 
Jude's Childrens' Hospital. 


 



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