CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Mike W. Wilson, 10 Jan 2005
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Mike W. Wilson, 86, Peters Hollow Road, Elizabethton, died Monday, 
January 10, 2005, at his residence.

Mr. Wilson was a native of Carter County and a son of the late Sol and 
Sarah Hayes Wilson. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death 
by four brothers, Vernon McCoy Wilson, Robert K. Wilson, Lonnie Wilson 
and Ernest Wilson.

Mr. Wilson was a retired employee of North American Rayon Corporation and 
had served as a Commissioner from the 1st District of Carter County for 
a number of years. He was one of the Founders of the Stoney Creek Volunteer 
Fire Department and served as the First President. He was a member of the 
Carter Christian Church, but attended Union Hill Free Will Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Ruby Taylor Wilson; a daughter and son-in-law, 
Judy and Wayne Stout, Elizabethton; a grandson, Michael Stout; three sisters, 
Ina Wilson Ward and Lizzie Wilson Merce, both of Texas, and Carolyn Wilson 
Milam, Johnson City; and five brothers, Ralph, Grady, Conway, Edward and 
Arlie "Skip" Wilson, all of Elizabethton. Several nieces and nephews also 
survive.

Funeral services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Tuesday, January 11, at Memorial 
Funeral Chapel with the Rev. D.C. Byrd and the Rev. Tony Trodd officiating. 
Music will be provided by The Union Hill Trio. Graveside services and 
interment will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, January 12, in the Blevins Cemetery. 
Active pallbearers will be Vaughn Taylor, Floyd "Todd" Lowe, Norman Taylor, 
Chuck Milam, Eddie Milam, Andy Wilson, Randy Wilson and Eddie Archer. Honorary 
pallbearers will be his nephews, past and present members of the Carter 
County Commission, Gale Colbaugh, C.W. Rambo, Don Swanner, Leroy Colbaugh, 
Gene Buck, Clifford Peters, Patrick McGinnis, Kenneth Colbaugh, Buford Peters 
and Daniel Wood. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at 
the funeral home. Friends may also call at the residence. Pallbearers, family 
and friends will assemble at New Liberty Free Will Baptist Church at 10:45 a.m. 
Wednesday to go in procession to the cemetery. Condolences may be e-mailed to 
the Wilson family at mfc@chartertn.net.

Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

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