A retired farmer, he was born in Dyer County in 1934 to the late Georgia Quinley Wilson and the late Ben Wilson. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. A widower, he was married for many years to the late Agnes Marie Wilson.
Funeral services will take place today at 3:30 p.m. in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home of Newbern. Burial will follow in the Hurricane Hills Cemetery of Newbern. Rev. Lyndal Fisher will officiate.
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