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© The Chickasha Express-Star Chickasha, Oklahoma March 6, 2003 Roy Lee Wilson Sr July 9, 1921 ~ March 5, 2003 Graveside services for Roy Lee Wilson, Sr., 81, of Chickasha, will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 7, 2003, in the Fairlawn Cemetery, with Reverend James Swain of the College Heights Baptist Church officiating. Roy Lee Wilson was born July 9, 1921, in Mexia, Texas, the son of Harvey Wilson and Mary Lou Shaw Wilson. He died Wednesday, March 5, 2003, in Chickasha. He entered the U. S. Army on October 12, 1942, serving during WW II, in the 451st Antiaircraft Artillery Company. While serving he was sent to Africa, France, Sicily, Belgium and Germany. He served over three years and received the "EAME" with six Bronze Stars and one Bronze Arrowhead Victory Ribbons and five Overseas Bars. Roy married Mildred Smith on October 5, 1946, in Ft. Worth, Texas. He came to Chickasha in 1945, from Ft. Worth, Texas and was employed with the Badgetts Company where he learned to be a machinist. Later he went to work for Smith-Huddleston used Cars and after Mr. Huddleston's death became partners with M. L. Smith and the business became known as Smith-Wilson Used Cars. He retired in 1981. He was a lifetime member of the Benevolent Protective Order of The Elks and a Charter Member of the College Heights Baptist Church. Roy was preceded in death by both parents, a son, Roy L. Wilson, Jr., and one brother. Survivors include his wife, Mildred, of the home, one granddaughter, Melea Wilson, of Chickasha and one daughter-in-law, Ginger Wilson, of Chickasha. Services are under the direction of Ferguson Funeral Home. |
Chickasha, Oklahoma Sunday, September 21, 2014 Mildred Lynn [Smith] Wilson August 15, 1923 ~ September 21, 2014 Funeral services for Mildred Lynn Wilson, 91, of Chickasha, will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 in the Ferguson Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Bryan Haynes officiating. Mildred Lynn Wilson was born August 15, 1923 in Chickasha, Oklahoma to Manley M. Smith and Viola [Lanham] Smith. She died Sunday, September 21, 2014 at her home in Chickasha. Mildred grew up in Chickasha, Oklahoma. She graduated from Chickasha High School in 1941 and attended OCW. She married Roy Lee Wilson, Sr. on October 5, 1946 in Fort Worth, Texas. She worked at Western Union during World War II. Mildred was active in the Women's International Bowling Association for several years. She also served as a state director and as president of the local bowling association. She was the first woman to bowl a 600 series in Chickasha and went on to bowl three more. Mildred was a charter member of College Heights Baptist Church. Mildred was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Wilson Sr., her son, Roy Wilson Jr., and her brother, Jack Smith. She is survived by her granddaughter, Melea Wilson of Edmond; daughter-in-law, Ginger Wilson of Chickasha; sisters, Sandra Hogue and her husband, Jim of Afton, and Kathryn Royse and her husband, Earl of Sapulpa; niece, Angela White of Jenks; special friends, Beth and Bobby Kizzia of Chickasha and special friend, Joyce Leverett of Chickasha. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the College Heights Baptist Church Building Fund. Interment will be in Fairlawn Cemetery under the direction of Ferguson Funeral Home. |
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