Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Wilson, George B July 19, 2006
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Elizabethton Star July 17, 2006
George B. Wilson
George B. Wilson, 81, Life Care Center of Elizabethton, formerly of 809
Fourth Street, Elizabethton, went to be with his Lord, Monday, July 17, 2006,
at Sycamore Shoals Hospital.
Mr. Wilson was a native of Carter County and a son of the late Hobert and
Belle Loudy Wilson. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by
his first wife, Mildred Lewis Wilson, April 1987; his second wife, Opal P.
Wilson, August 23, 2005; a son, Jerry Lynn Wilson; five sisters, Alice
Pritchard, Gladys Arnold, Elizabeth Keller, Virginia Arnett and Janie Miller;
and a brother, Johnny Wilson.
Mr. Wilson was a retired employee of Summers-Taylor. He was a member and
trustee of New Liberty Free Will Baptist Church.
Survivors include three daughters and sons-in-law, Matoka and Rev. Jerry
Stout, Elizabethton, Jeanette and Rev. Kenneth Grindstaff, Johnson City, and
Kathy and Ronnie Fox, Mars Hill, N.C.; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Donald
and Judy Wilson, Mountain City, and Dudley Wilson, Elizabethton; two stepsons
and their wives, Donald and Sue Peters and Terry and Bobbie Peters, all of
Elizabethton; and three sisters, Ellen Canter, Josie Canter and Ruth Nave, all
of Elizabethton. Six grandchildren and several step-grandchildren, great-
grandchildren, nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral services for Mr. Wilson will be conducted at 8 p.m. Wednesday,
July 19, at Memorial Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Ray Colbaugh officiating.
Music will be provided by the New Liberty Quartet and Kenny Greer. Graveside
services and interment will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 20, in the Caldwell
Springs Cemetery with the Rev. Kenneth Grindstaff and the Rev. Jerry Stout
officiating. Active pallbearers, who are requested to assemble at the funeral
home at 10:15 a.m. Thursday, will be Michael Wilson, Jason Wilson, Mack Smith,
Gregory Wilson, Gene Bowers, Kenneth Colbaugh, Clayton Woodby and Shawna Lowe.
Honorary pallbearers will be Harry Perry, Bill McKinney, his church family and
the staff of Life Care Center of Elizabethton. The family will receive friends
from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Friends may also call at the
residence of any of the children. Family and friends will assemble at the
funeral home at 10:15 a.m. Thursday to go to the cemetery. To those who
prefer, memorials may be made in memory of Mr. Wilson to the Activities Fund
of Life Care Center of Elizabethton, 1641 Hwy. 19E Bypass, Elizabethton, TN
37643. Online condolences to the Wilson family may be e-mailed to
mfc(a)chartertn.net.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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