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Mrs. J.C. Wilson Died Sunday
Pioneer Delight Resident Had Been In Ill Health For Several Months.
Mrs. J.C. Wilson, age 85, died at her home here (Delight) Sunday morning
(December 8, 1935) after an illness extending over a period of several
months. She had been confined to her bed for three months prior to her
death.
Mrs. Wilson had been a resident of this community all of her life and was
well known to the people of this place. Besides a host of other relatives
and friends, she leaves four children, Mrs. W.R. Doss and J.B. Wilson of
this place; Roxy Mayben of Hot Springs and Mrs. Tempest Nelson of Kansas
City, Mo. She is also survived by 10 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren
and one great, great, grandchild.
Funeral services were held here Monday, with Eld. J.A. Copeland of this
place in charge. Burial was in the local cemetery.
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Pike County Tribune, Volume 14, Number 44, December 13, 1935, page 1,
column 4.
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