Kenneth A. Wilson

Services for Kenneth A. Wilson, 42, of New Orleans, who died Thursday, April 26, 2007, at Tulane University Medical Center, in New Orleans, will be 10 a.m. Monday at Trinity Episcopal Church with the Rev. Zabron A. Davis III officiating..

Burial will follow at Natchez City Cemetery under the direction of Laird Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Laird Funeral Home and from 9 a.m. until service time Monday at the church.

Mr. Wilson was born Feb. 23, 1965, in Natchez, the son of Edward Lewis Wilson and Patricia Gayle Reed Wilson. He was a 1983 graduate of South Natchez High School. He graduated from Copiah-Lincoln Communiy College in Natchez and continued his education at Yale University. Ken was a member of numerous honor Societies. He enjoyed traveling, reading, food, wine and spending time with his friends.

He was preceeded in death by his mother; grandparents, Albert and Virginia Wilson and Pete and Verbie Reed.

Survivors include his father, Skeeter Wilson of Natchez; brother Kyle Wilson and wife, Kristi, both of Natchez; sisters, Lindy Clifton and husband, Stephen, both of Vicksburg and Erinn Arnold and husband, Chandler, both of Natchez; nieces, Shelby Rhondes, Morgan Arnold and Summer Arnold; nephews Alex Clifton, Chase Wilson and Wyatt Wilson; and a number of aunts, uncles, cousins and friends, including very special friends Elliot Perkins, Christopher Morein and Sean McKean.

Pallbearers will be Charlie Martin, Steve Reed and his close friends.

In lieu of flowers, memorial may be made to No Aids Task Force-Ken Wilson Memory, 2601 Tulane Avenue, Suite 500, New Orleans, La., 70119.