BERNIE -- Francis Edward Wilson, 67, died Sept. 21, 2004, at Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter.
Born Feb. 12, 1937, in Leora, son of Eva Martin Wilson of Bloomfield and the late Howard Wilson, he was a truck driver and worked for Martin Farms of Bernie.
On Dec. 30, 1962, in Bloomfield, he married Neva Dell Beaird who survives of the home.
Other survivors include: one daughter, Kimberly Michelle Thurston of Bernie; five brothers, Jesse Wilson, David Wilson and Eli Wilson of Bloomfield, Chesley Wilson of Dexter and Phillip Wilson of Glenallen; two sisters, Melba Keena of Bloomfield and Ruth Ann Wilson of Dexter; and two grandchildren.
Three brothers, James Wilson, Carl Wayne Wilson and Jerry Dean Wilson, also preceded him in death.
Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie where services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Friday.
Burial will follow in the Walker Cemetery at Bloomfield.