MITCHELL COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Oscar O. "Red" Wilson, 6 Jun 2005
                    --------------¤¤¤¤¤¤--------------

BAKERSVILLE - Oscar O. "Red" Wilson, 85, of Elkins Road, Bakersville, died
Monday, June 6, 2005

A native of Avery county, he was the son of the Late Lee Roy and Elizabeth
McKinney Wilson. An Army veteran of WWII, he served in Patton's Army, was
wounded in Sicily and was awarded the Purple Heart. Wilson was an honored and
highly respected musician. He was a recipient of the Mitchell County Chamber
of Commerce Living Legend Award, the North Carolina Heritage Award and was
recognized by the North Carolina Arts council as a "Living Legend." He was a
master craftsman fiddle maker and was the owner/operator of Mayland Recording
Studios in Spruce Pine. 

Survivors include his wife Marie G. Wilson of the home, one sister, Rexie
Ward, one son, Roger Wilson of Bakersville, a daughter Ann Castro, one
grandson and one granddaughter, and special daughter, Regina Jarrett Jones.

Funeral services were held on Wednesday, June 8, 2005 at 8 p.m. in the
Grindstaff Memorial Chapel of Webb Funeral Home. The Rev. Billy Stewart
officiated. Burial was in the Mountain Home Veterans Cemetery in Johnson City,
TN. The family received friends from 6 p.m. until the time of the service.

Condolences may be emailed to the family at obits@webbfh.com. Webb Funeral
Home in Spruce Pine was in charge of arrangements.


___________________________________________________________________

	Copyright.  All rights reserved.
	http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm

	This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives 
	by:  Mitchell News Journal  	www.mitchellnews.com/
___________________________________________________________________