WILLIE JAMES WILSON PASSED AWAY FEBRUARY 22, 2008 IN LEBANON CARE CENTER-LEBANON, IL.WILLIE WAS BORN MARCH 31, 1928 IN CLEVELAND, OH., HE WAS PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS WALLACE AND FRANKIE WILSON, ONE BROTHER WALLACE JR., TWO SISTERS LOIS WILSON AND WINIFRED GORDON ALL OF CLEVELAND, OH. LEFT TO MOURN IS HIS WIFE BERNICE WILSON OF LEBANON, IL; HIS CHILDREN,FRANCINE WILSON OF ITHACA, NY, JAMES WILSON JR. OF CLEVELAND OH, LEON AND ANNETTE DAMERON OF SMITHFIELD, OH.,CHERI DAMERON OF WILMINGTON, NC, AND MRS. BERNICE (DARYL) BROOKS OF COLUMBUS, OH; HE RESIDED UNDER THE CARE OF HIS GRANDDAUGHTER, CHRISHANA DAMERON OF LEBANON, IL; THREE SISTERS, MRS. NANCELLA WILSON (WALLACE) HARRIS, SANDRA KEYS AND BONITA NEWMAN ALL OF CLEVELAND , OH . GRANDCHILDREN, KERRA WILSON CLEVELAND, OH, MRS. JAMIE (BRANDON) GOREEOF HONOLULU, HI, JOESEPH AND MALIK JASPER OF MIAMI, FLA AND MRS. AKISHA (GEORGE) BARNETT, CHAUN AND CHANEL OF COLUMBUS, OH. WILLIE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY A HOST OF GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND A MULTITIDE OF FRIENDS AND EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS IN SMITHFIELD AND CLEVELAND, OH. HE WAS A VETERAN OF THE KOREAN WAR, MEMBER OF SMITHFIELD AMERICAN LEGION POST 396, 32ND DEGREE MASON, SERVED AS PAST WORSHIPFUL MASTER OF THE STEUBENVILLE EASTERN LIGHT LODGE #64, AND PAST MEMBER OF STEUBENVILLE NAACP. HE ATTENDED MT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH STEUBENVILLE, OH , ST PAUL AME CHURCH OF SMITHFIELD , OH AND WAS A BAPTISED MEMBER OF OLIVET INST BAPTIST OF CLEVELAND , OH . VISITATION FOR WILLIE WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26 FROM 7-9PM AT THE J.E. FOSTER FUNERAL HOME IN SMITHFIELD, OH. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR WILLIE WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY FEB., 27 AT 1PM AT ST. PAUL AME CHURCH IN SMITHFIELD. THERE WILL BE VISITATION AT THE CHURCH FROM 11AM UP UNTIL THE TIME OF HIS SERVICE AT 1PM. THERE WILL BE A MASONIC SERVICE FOR WILLIE ON TUESDAY EVENING AT 7PM AT THE FUNERAL HOME. AMERICAN LEGION SERVICES WILL BE HELD PRECEDING THE FUNERAL AT THE CHURCH ON WEDNESDAY. FULL MILITARY GRAVESIDE HONORS WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY FEB, 28 AT 11:30AM AT THE OHIO WESTERN RESERVE NATIONAL CEMETERY IN RITTMAN, OH. www.jefosterfh.com
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