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Subject: Wilson.Burl.1973.Mccreary.OBIT


Burl Wilson April 18 1973 
Mccreary County KyArchives Obituaries

Tuesday, April 24, 1973, McCreary County Record

Burl Wilson, 72, Stearns, died April 18 in Stearns. His death was sudden and 
unexpected. His wife, Lola Wilson, Survives./  He was born May 10, 1900, in 
Wayne County, a son of the late Elihu Wilson and Eliza Maxwell Wilson. He 
lived most of his lifetime in McCreary County and was a retired coal miner. He 
was a member of the Blue Heron Church./  Surviving besides his wife are five 
daughters, Josephine Ledbetter of Winston, Oregon, Christine Martin of 
Roseburg, Oregon, Flora Pelcha of Portland, Oregon, Evelyn Winchester and 
Bessie Rose, both of Cincinnati; four step-children, Rosa Clark of Lowell, 
Michigan, Betty Ashcraft of Strunk, Ernest Watters of Alpena, Arkansas, and 
Sidney Watters of Stearns; two half-brothers, Maynard Wilson of Indiana and 
Kenny Wilson of hill Top; 17 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren.  
Funeral services were held April 21 in the First Hickory Grove Church with the 
Rev. Carmel Stanley and Rev. Hobart Vaughn officiating.  Burial was in the 
Stearns Cemetery with Hickman Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.  
Pallbearers were Kenneth Duncan, Leroy Pelcha, Curtis Rose, Freeman Martin, 
Bill Shelley and Gene Stephens./  Honorary pallbearers were Ray Clark, 
Columbus Wilson, Raymond Wilson, Truby Wilson and Emby Wilson.

Submitted by: Lisa Whitehead


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