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James Monroe “Preacher” Wilson

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James Monroe “Preacher” Wilson

Birth
Snowville, Pulaski County, Virginia, USA
Death
1 Apr 1954 (aged 73)
Hinton, Summers County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Ellison Ridge, Summers County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Second husband of Nancy Jane Hatcher Okes

Occupation: Elder and Farmer

Parents: George Elliott Wilson and Margaret Ann Newby

Obituary:
Beckley Post-Herald
Beckley, West Virginia
Friday April 2, 1954
Page 11

J.M. Wilson, 73, Expires At Hinton

Hinton, April 1 (RNS) - Elder James Monroe Wilson, 73, of Ellison died at six a.m. today in the Hinton Hospital where he had been under treatment for a week. He had been ill for two weeks.

A native of Virginia, he had resided near Ellison in Summers County, for 37 years, where he was engaged in farming. He was associate moderator of Bluestone View Primitive Baptist Church on Ellison Ridge.

The body was removed to the Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors and will be taken to the home Friday afternoon.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Bluestone View Primitive Baptist Church by Elders A.L. Neely and Owen Harvey and burial will be made in the family cemetery.

He is survived by his widow Mrs. Nancy Jane Wilson of Ellison: a sister Miss Leva Wilson, Crab Orchard: three step-children; Mrs. Mittie Bolen, Ellison; Carl Oakes, Christianburg, Va., and Clarence Oakes, Ellison
Second husband of Nancy Jane Hatcher Okes

Occupation: Elder and Farmer

Parents: George Elliott Wilson and Margaret Ann Newby

Obituary:
Beckley Post-Herald
Beckley, West Virginia
Friday April 2, 1954
Page 11

J.M. Wilson, 73, Expires At Hinton

Hinton, April 1 (RNS) - Elder James Monroe Wilson, 73, of Ellison died at six a.m. today in the Hinton Hospital where he had been under treatment for a week. He had been ill for two weeks.

A native of Virginia, he had resided near Ellison in Summers County, for 37 years, where he was engaged in farming. He was associate moderator of Bluestone View Primitive Baptist Church on Ellison Ridge.

The body was removed to the Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors and will be taken to the home Friday afternoon.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Bluestone View Primitive Baptist Church by Elders A.L. Neely and Owen Harvey and burial will be made in the family cemetery.

He is survived by his widow Mrs. Nancy Jane Wilson of Ellison: a sister Miss Leva Wilson, Crab Orchard: three step-children; Mrs. Mittie Bolen, Ellison; Carl Oakes, Christianburg, Va., and Clarence Oakes, Ellison


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  • Created by: Anonymous
  • Added: Nov 18, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44512055/james_monroe-wilson: accessed ), memorial page for James Monroe “Preacher” Wilson (12 May 1880–1 Apr 1954), Find a Grave Memorial ID 44512055, citing William Okes Cemetery, Ellison Ridge, Summers County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by Anonymous (contributor 47205672).