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- Burl Lee Wilson, age 93, of the Silverstone Community in Zionville, went to rest eternally with his Lord and Savior, Sunday, November 6, 2016.
Burl was born October 16, 1923, a son of Baxter and Lily Wilson. He worked for 50 years at the Burley Tobacco Warehouses as a floor manager. Burl was known in the Silverstone Community as the "Lawnmower Man" and repaired small engines. He was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.
Burl is survived by his wife of 74 years. Bertha Sanders Wilson; four children, Sonny Wilson and wife Hilda, Tommy Wilson and wife Carolyn, Gail Dotson and husband Tommy, and Darlene Hicks and husband Jimmy; eight grandchildren, Preacher Derick Wilson and wife Holli, Debbie Warren and husband John, Angie Norris, Preacher T.J. Wilson and wife Poppy, Cindy Sullivan and husband Craig, Katrina Hicks and husband Mike, Bradley Hicks and wife Shannon, and Kendra Hicks; two brothers, Jerry Wilson and Snook Wilson and wife Etta; three sisters, Pearl Fletcher, Anabelle Martin and husband Asa, and Emma Jean Blackburn and husband Bill. He is also survived by twenty-four great-grandchildren and great great-grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two grandchildren, Duane Wilson and Jamie Duran Hicks; one granddaughter-in-law, Angela Wilson; four brothers, J.B., Clayton "Cricket", Jim, and Henry Wilson, and three sisters, Edith Wilson, Edna Tester, and IvaLee Reece.
Funeral services for Burl Lee Wilson will be conducted Wednesday afternoon, November 9, 2016, at 3:00 o'clock, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. The body will lie in state, at the church, from 1:00 until 3:00 o'clock. Officiating will be Reverend Herbert McCoy, Preacher Derick Wilson, and Preacher T.J. Wilson. Burial will follow in Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.
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1923 - 2016 (93 years)
