Wayne City Woman Dies

Mrs. Anna Wilson, 91, a Wayne City woman, died at 4:30 Monday morning (today) in the Carmi hospital.

Mrs. Wilson had been a patient in the Carmi nursing home. She was transferred to the hospital several days ago.

Rites Thursday Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at Richardson's Chapel in Wayne City with Bro. Ron Mullins officiating. Burial will be in Thomason Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Mrs. Wilson was born in Jefferson County May 3, 1895, the daughter of William and Minnie (Butler) Phillips.

She was married to Everett Wilson, who died in 1962. She was a housewife.

Mrs. Wilson was a member of the Wayne City Christian Church and the Wayne City Eastern Star.

The Survivors
Surviving are one brother, William Phillips, of Solvang, Calif.; one sister, Emma Williamson, no address given; two nephews, Bob Wilson, of Fairfield, former Wayne County sheriff; and Curt Wilson, Wayne City.

**Note from Sandy: Anna died in 1977. I posted a scan of the actual newspaper clipping on her Findagrave Memorial. My grandmother had clipped the obituary from the newspaper and I inherited all her photos and newspaper clippings when she died.

Source: Newspaper clipping
Date: 1977
Submitted by: Sandy (Whalen) Bauer
Relationship - Second cousin, once removed