Love Co., OK. - Obits: Helda Wilson ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ Submitted by: Martha N. Reddout *********************************************************************** Obit for Helda Wilson Services for Helda Wilson were at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday in Faith Chapel Church of God in Christ in San Diego, California, with Elder Roy Dixon officiating. Mr. Wilson was born at Ran on November 2, 1916, the son of Frank and Sedell Shephard Wilson, and died September 13, 1999, in a hospital in San Diego following an extended illness. He and Lula Edding were married in Yuma, Arizona, in 1939. They are the parents of 12 children. The family moved from Arizona to San Diego in 1960. A certified carpenter, Mr. Wilson continued in this profession until his retirement. He was licensed and ordained into the ministry in 1941. Mr. Wilson was a longtime member of Faith Chapel Church of God in Christ. He is survived by his wife of the home in San Diego; 12 children, Ermel Gueston, Charles Wilson, Ernestine Wilson, Yula Wilson, Fannie Wilson, Helda Wilson Jr., Nettie O'Neal, Sedell Branch, Perry Wilson, Priscilla Canady, Martha Dixon and Kathy Beton, all of San Diego; 20 grandchildren and 15 great- grandchildren. Among his survivors are many nieces and nephews including Perry Halstied, Lovetta Douglass, Dorothy Lornes and Etta Halstied, all of Marietta, and Willie Halstied-Kirk of Ardmore. Services were directed by Anderson-Ragsdale Funeral Home with interment in the Cypers View Mausoleum. Source: Marietta Monitor, Love County, September 24, 1999.