Creek Indian Nation - OBIT:  Jack C. Wilson
Creek Citizens from across Creek Nation

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   OKbits File Muscogee Nation News
   Creek citizens from across Creek Nation 1976
   
   February 1976
   
   WILSON
   Jack C. WILSON was born September 2, 1932 at Calvin. He died January
   5, 1976. at his home in Fallon, Nevada, where he had lived since 1959.
   Cause of death was asphyxiation. Funeral services where held January 8
   at the Latter Day Saints Church in Fallon. Interment was at the Fallon
   Cemetery, with a 21 gun salute and "Taps" being performed by the
   American Legion Post of Fallon.
   He had attended school at Chilocco Indian School and Bacone Junior
   College in Oklahoma, where he was outstaanding in boxing, football,
   baseball, and track. He was employed as a housepainter. He was a
   member of the Nevada State National Guards and past president of the
   Nevada Indian Rodeo Association.
   Survivors include his four children, Gwyneth WILSON, 19, Alan WILSON,
   17, Wendell, 14, and Ferris, 12; father Ben WILSON of Holdenville;
   stepmother Mollie WILSON of Holdenville; a brother, Johnny F. WILSON
   of Laveen, AZ; half-brothers Dorsey NERO of Ft. Worth, TX, Joe CULLY
   of Cromwell, Steve WILSON and Paul WILSON both of Midwest City, and
   Simon WILSON of Oklahoma City; half sisters Elsie Ruth DICKEY of
   Midwest City, Mary J. MILAM of Midwest City, and Josephine WILSON of
   Okmulgee.