Jan. 29, 1934 — Nov. 22, 2013

NATCHEZ — Funeral services for Charles Nolan Wilson, 79, of Natchez, who died Friday, Nov. 22, 2013 at Natchez Regional Medical Center, will be 11 a.m. today at Laird Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Daylon Hicks and the Rev. George Bové officiating.

Burial will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Laird Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time today at the funeral home.

Mr. Wilson was born Jan. 29, 1934, in Franklin County, the son of John Jim Wilson and Ella Edna Newman Wilson. He was a long-time active member of Pine Ridge Baptist Church and will be missed by his many friends and family.

He was preceded in death by his parents and five siblings, Vera, Ansel, James, Edna and George.

Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Mary Frances Wilson; three sons, Charles Thomas Wilson and wife, Stephanie, of McCall Creek, Dwight Wilson and wife, Patti, of North Richard Hills, Texas, and Purvis Wilson and wife Shannon, of Natchez; brother, John Wilson of California; grandchildren, Deren Cooke, Jeremy Wilson, Jessica Brzozowski, Tara Vincent, Jonathon Wilson, Jacob Wilson, Jessie Carroll Wilson and Katie Wilson; great-grandchildren, Jaden Cooke, Theory Wilson, Isaiah Brzozowski and Ireland Brzozowski, and a number of nephews and nieces.

Pallbearers will be Steven Wilson, Jimmy Butler Jr., Justin Vincent, Jeremy Wilson, Gary McIntosh and Robert Atwood.

Honorary pallbearers will be Jonathon Wilson and Jacob Wilson.

Online condolences may be made to lairdfh.com.