JAMES E. "BUDDY" WILSON

BLOOMFIELD -- James "Buddy" Wilson, 64, died Saturday, Aug. 10, 1996, at his home in Bloomfield.

He was born on Jan. 12, 1932, in Bloomfield, son of the late Paul and Cecile Hanner Wilson.

He was a lifelong resident of Bloomfield, and a member of Trinity United Methodist Church where he taught an adult Sunday school class. A graduate of Southeast Missouri State University, he taught mathematics in the Bloomfield schools from 1954 to 1966 and served as mathematics supervisor of grades K-12 in the Caruthersville schools from 1966 until he retired from teaching in 1985.

He was a member of I.O.O.F., Rebecahs, the Missouri State Teachers Association, and Retired Teachers of Missouri. He also was a member of the Bloomfield Cemetery Board and was the Bloomfield Weather Watcher for KFVS-TV in Cape Girardeau.

He is survived by two sisters, Bea Bond, of Cape Girardeau, and Pauline Pemperl, of Lincoln, Neb. He was preceded in death by two brothers.

Friends may call from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield. Graveside rites will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Bloomfield Cemetery with the Rev. Hank Foster officiating.