Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, August 18, 1938
B. S. Wilson Dies at Ashland
B. S. Wilson, 60 years old, prominent Ashland attorney and civic leader, died at his home there Friday, August 12.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon followed by interment in the family lot in the Ashland cemetery.
Well known throughout this section of the state, Mr. Wilson was formerly of Morehead and practiced his profession throughout this judicial district. He was a son of the late Dr. Jerry Wilson, for many years the leading practicing physician of Morehead. Mr. Wilson moved to Ashland in 1914 and had risen to a position of prominence as an attorney in Eastern Kentucky and the state. He was a past president of the Kentucky Bar Association and at the time of his death was a member of the board of education of the Ashland city schools.
He is survived by his wife and two young children; three sisters, Mrs. Cora Wilson Stuart, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. J. B. Peer and Mrs. E. B. McGlone, Pine Bluff, Ark, and three brothers, Dr. Cliff Wilson, Litchfield, Ky.; Glenmore Wilson, Dallas, Tex., and Dr. Homer Wilson, Morehead.
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, August 18, 1938
B. S. Wilson Dies at Ashland
B. S. Wilson, 60 years old, prominent Ashland attorney and civic leader, died at his home there Friday, August 12.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon followed by interment in the family lot in the Ashland cemetery.
Well known throughout this section of the state, Mr. Wilson was formerly of Morehead and practiced his profession throughout this judicial district. He was a son of the late Dr. Jerry Wilson, for many years the leading practicing physician of Morehead. Mr. Wilson moved to Ashland in 1914 and had risen to a position of prominence as an attorney in Eastern Kentucky and the state. He was a past president of the Kentucky Bar Association and at the time of his death was a member of the board of education of the Ashland city schools.
He is survived by his wife and two young children; three sisters, Mrs. Cora Wilson Stuart, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. J. B. Peer and Mrs. E. B. McGlone, Pine Bluff, Ark, and three brothers, Dr. Cliff Wilson, Litchfield, Ky.; Glenmore Wilson, Dallas, Tex., and Dr. Homer Wilson, Morehead.
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