Avis Wilson

Published 12:00 am Sunday, August 31, 2008

Natchez — Services for Avis Corinne “Pinkie” Wilson, 79, of Natchez, who died Friday, Aug. 29, 2008, at her residence, will be at noon Monday at Cliff Temple Baptist Church with the Rev. Russell Wagoner and Kenneth Mauldin officiating.

Burial will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery under the direction of Laird Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time Monday at the church.

Mrs. Wilson was born Jan. 12, 1929, in Hampton, Ark., the daughter of Thomas and Vercia Mauldin.

She was a member of Cliff Temple Baptist Church and the Kingston Homemakers.

Mrs. Wilson is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Dorphus Wilson; and two brothers, Idus Mauldin and Randall Mauldin.

Survivors include six children; David Wilson and wife Martha, Marie Wilson Kees and her husband, Charles, David Wilson and his wife, Jan, Kenneth Wilson, all of Natchez, Douglas Wilson and his wife, Jimmie, of Garland, Texas and Marvin Wilson and his wife, Robin, of Brandon; grandchildren, Alan Kees and his wife, Paula, of Broken Arrow, Okla., Britania Kees of Gulfport, Stephanie Cavin and her husband, Rustin, Michael Wilson, all of Natchez, Jessica Snyder and her husband, Michael, of Hattiesburg, Casey Wilson and Riley Wilson, both of Brandon; great-granddaughter, Cortney Hull of Broken Arrow; one sister, Faye Johnson, of Mt. Vernon, Mo.; four brothers, W.E. “Red” Mauldin and his wife, Lillian, of Natchez, Thomas Mauldin and his wife, Joyce, of West Plains, Mo., Kenneth Mauldin and his wife, Brenda, of Atkins, Texas, James Mauldin and his wife, Thelma, of Durham, N.C.; one sister-in-law, Juanita Wilson, of Magnolia, Ark.; and a number of nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be David Uption, Lee Gillespie, James “Doodle” Smith, Randy Jordan, Dorwin Robinson and Danny Goldman.

Mrs. Wilson’s family would like to thank Hospice Ministries and truly special caregivers Roxie Brown and Willie Mae Jackson. Memorials are requested to be given to Cliff Temple Baptist Church, Alzheimer’s Association or breast cancer research.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.lairdfh.com.