Rachel Miller Wilson, age 90, passed from this life on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at Yalobusha General Hospital in Water Valley, Mississippi. She was born to the late Willie B. and Cynthia Deborah West Miller in Opossum Neck, MS. She was a LPN who retired after 45 years of service from the Yalobusha General Hospital in Water Valley, MS. She was a Daughter of the Confederates and a member of the First Baptist Church of Water Valley, MS.
The visitation will be held Friday, January 18, 2008, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley, MS. The funeral service will be held at 1:00 pm Saturday, January 19, 2008 in Henry Chapel of Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley, MS conducted by Dr. Randy Bain. The committal will be in Oak Hill Cemetery in Water Valley, MS.
Mrs. Wilson is survived by her daughter, Jean (Bob) Kroll of Water Valley, MS; two sons, James S. (Sandra) Wilson, Jr. of Batesville, MS and David (Connie) Wilson of Atlanta, GA; a sister, Johnnye Gowan of Dallas, TX; five grandchildren, Robert James Kroll, Jr. of Springfield, MO, Amy Walker of Horn Lake, MS, Deborah Clutter of Loveland, OH, Mary Rachelle Heafner of Atlanta, GA, and Suzanne Scott of Finger, TN; and four great grandchildren, Haley Clutter, Chase Walker, Sydney Clutter, and Alexa Rae Heafner.
Along with her parents, Mrs. Wilson was preceded in death by her husband, James Sidney Wilson, Sr. on September 30, 1991; sisters, Helen Tate and Ann Trimble; a half-sister, Dorothy Jean Pea; and a brother, Rev. W. W. “Bill” Miller.