January 29, 2004

Don Wilson

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Don Wilson, 73, of Jonesboro died Monday, Jan. 26, 2004, at Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion, Ill. He was born April 23, 1930, at Wolf Lake, Ill., son of Olen Henry and Verna Franklin Wilson. He and Mary McIntire were married in 1951 in Hernando, Miss. She died Oct. 13, 1984...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Don Wilson, 73, of Jonesboro died Monday, Jan. 26, 2004, at Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion, Ill.

He was born April 23, 1930, at Wolf Lake, Ill., son of Olen Henry and Verna Franklin Wilson. He and Mary McIntire were married in 1951 in Hernando, Miss. She died Oct. 13, 1984.

Wilson owned and operated Wilson's Auto Body many years.

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He served in the U.S. Air Force.

Survivors include two sons, Phillip Wilson of Elmore, Ala., David Wilson of Jonesboro; two sisters, Ruth Lamb of Memphis, Tenn., Virginia Phillips of Henderson, Tenn.; and a grandson.

Friends may call at Hileman Funeral Home from 5 to 8 p.m. today.

The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. John Cripps officiating. Burial will be in Jonesboro Cemetery, with military rites by Carroll P. Foster VFW Post 3455 in Anna, Ill.

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