Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
4:53 pm Friday, July 9, 2010

Wilma Morrow Wilson

Wilma Morrow Wilson

July 4, 2010

Wilma Morrow Wilson, 78, of Red Bay, passed away Sunday, July 4, 2010 at ECM Hospital in Florence, Ala.  She was born July 8, 1931 in Vina, Ala. to Sid and Vernon Horton Morrow.  She was a cafeteria worker for Vina High School for 25 years and a member of Vina First Baptist Church.

Funeral services were held July 6, 2010 at Vina First Baptist Church with Bro. Rodney Shewbart, Bro. Brad Hill and Bro. Steve Ledbetter officiating.  Burial was in Berry Cemetery.  Deaton Funeral Home assisted the family.

She is survived by three children, Debbie Thorn and husband, Wayne, of Red Bay, Donnie Wilson and wife, Kim, of Vina, and Kathy Smith and husband, Bobby, of Tupelo, Miss.; five grandchildren, Mandy Davis and husband, Brian, Sydney Manasco and husband, Ryan, Chrissy Farr and husband, Zac, Meagan Wilson and Josh Thorn; five great-grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; two sisters, Ruby Wilson and Eyvon Parker, both of Red Bay; four sisters-in-law; special family, Terry Wilson and wife, Rita, of Vina, Lowell Humphres and wife, Mary Ann, of Vina, Beth and Brad Hill, of Tupelo, Miss. and Brandi and Rodney Shewbart, of Knoxville, Tenn.

Pallbearers were Danny Parker, Anthony Spencer, James Spencer, Mike Childers, Byron Morrow and Jonathan Morrow.

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