Lessie Wilson
Lessie Wilson, age 92, of Robison, formerly of Walnut Springs
and Meridian, died Thursday afternoon, May 4 1989, in a Waco Hospital after a
long illness. Funeral services were held Saturday, May 6, at 4pm in the Lawson
Funeral Home Chapel in Meridian, with Rev. Richard Creech officiating. Burial
was in the Meridian Cemetery, beside her husband who died on Oct. 12, 1976.
Lessie Gibson, daughter of the late Thomas J. Gibson and Mary Clary Gibson, was
born May 1, 1897, in Freestine County and was raised in various parts of Texas.
On April 9, 1916, she was united in marriage to Sam Wilson at Glen Rose. The
couple lived in Walnut Springs for many years, where Mr. Wilson worked at the
Katy Railroad shops. When the shops closed in Walnut Springs and moved to Waco,
so did the Wilson family. Mr. Wilson retired in 1958, and the ocuple moved to
Meridian. After her husband's death in 1976, she continued to live in Meridian
until 1981, when her health begin to fail and she moved to Robinson to be with
her daughter. She was a homemaker and member of the Walnut Springs Fist Baptist
Church.
Survivors inlcude a daughter, Mrs. K.L. (Oleta) Lucas of
Robinson; a son, Richard A. Wilson of Dallas; 5 grandchildren; 4 great
grandchildren; and other relatives. She was preceded in death by her parents,
husband, 8 brothers, 3 sisters, one son, Edward B. Wilson, and a grandson,
Richard R. Rhodes.
Pallbearers were: Jimmy Joe Wislon, Jim Wilson, Joe Wilson, Bob
Rhodes, Rogr T. Davidson, and Darrell Bucy.
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