Mrs. Julia M. Wilson died this afternoon at one o'clock at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. R. W. Cowan, in Atlanta, after an illness of four years.
Mrs. Wilson was born in Haralson County, August 26, 1878, the daughter of the late Bailey M. Murphy and Clementine Sewell.
She was a member of the Jehovah Witnesses for 35 years.
Mrs. Wilson was preceded in death by her husband, R. E. Wilson, former sheriff of Floyd County, Oct. 21, 1926.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Cowan; two sons, Lawrence W. and Joe B. Wilson, both of Atlanta; two brothers, D. M. Murphy, of Felton, and Joe Murphy of Buchanan; two sisters, Mrs. Dora Wilson, of Felton, and Mrs. Kitty Cauthen, of Buchanan. One grandchild and one great grandchild also survive.
Funeral services will be conducted this afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Chapel of Daniel & Son Funeral Home with the Rev. Alee S. Wright, of Atlanta, officiating. Interment will follow in Myrtle Hill Cemetery.
Pallbearers will include R. L. Kimsey, A. S. Ware, J. Wyatt Denton, J. D. Kidd, Donald M. Evans and Ralph Sturdivant.
Rome New-Tribune, Sunday, June 28, 1953. Transcribed as published.
Note: there are errors in this obituary with her year of birth and mother's name. A check of records shows her true year of birth as 1873.
Mrs. Julia M. Wilson died this afternoon at one o'clock at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. R. W. Cowan, in Atlanta, after an illness of four years.
Mrs. Wilson was born in Haralson County, August 26, 1878, the daughter of the late Bailey M. Murphy and Clementine Sewell.
She was a member of the Jehovah Witnesses for 35 years.
Mrs. Wilson was preceded in death by her husband, R. E. Wilson, former sheriff of Floyd County, Oct. 21, 1926.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Cowan; two sons, Lawrence W. and Joe B. Wilson, both of Atlanta; two brothers, D. M. Murphy, of Felton, and Joe Murphy of Buchanan; two sisters, Mrs. Dora Wilson, of Felton, and Mrs. Kitty Cauthen, of Buchanan. One grandchild and one great grandchild also survive.
Funeral services will be conducted this afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Chapel of Daniel & Son Funeral Home with the Rev. Alee S. Wright, of Atlanta, officiating. Interment will follow in Myrtle Hill Cemetery.
Pallbearers will include R. L. Kimsey, A. S. Ware, J. Wyatt Denton, J. D. Kidd, Donald M. Evans and Ralph Sturdivant.
Rome New-Tribune, Sunday, June 28, 1953. Transcribed as published.
Note: there are errors in this obituary with her year of birth and mother's name. A check of records shows her true year of birth as 1873.
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