Della Wilson

Tuesday, December 20, 2005

DEXTER - Mary Della Wilson, 86, died Dec. 19, 2005, at the Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter.

Born Feb. 18, 1919, in Hackleburg, Ala., to the late Franklin C. and Rebecca Lizzy Armstrong Gregg, she was a member of the First Baptist Church in Dexter, a former employee with Brown Shoe Co. in Dexter and a for 10 years she was a hostess for McDonalds in Dexter.

On Jan. 5, 1946, in Parma, she married Glen Wilson, who preceded her in death on July 28, 1976.

Four brothers, Floyd Gregg, R.C. Gregg, Clovis Gregg and I.J. Gregg also preceded her in death.

Survivors include: one son, Robert "Bob" Wilson of Hot Springs, Ark.; two daughters, Darlene Schiele of St. Louis and Beverly Rabenstock of Highland, Calif.; one brother, Morris Gregg of Dexter; four sisters, Teela Koch of Green Valley, Ariz., Jessie Link of Malden, Jean Dunn of Waynesville and Estelle Dieter of Dexter; and eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until time of services at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the First Baptist Church in Dexter. Dr. Ron Wilcoxson will officiate.

Burial will follow at the Chalk Bluff Cemetery in Dexter.

Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of arrangements.