Jessie Wilson

ECCLESIASTES 3:1 - -TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON: A TIME TO BE BORN.

THE SUN ROSE ONE MORNING, IT WAS A BLESSED DAY FOR ANNIE MAE DEAN HOLMES WHEN THE HEAVENS SMILED AND GOD BLESSED HER WITH A BABY BOY NAMED JESSIE WILSON. JESSIE WAS BORN ON MARCH 23, 1948 IN DUMAS, AR WHERE HE GRADUATED FROM THE DUMAS SCHOOL SYSTEM. HE ALSO WORKED IN THE DUMAS WORKFORCE. LIKE HIS MOTHER'S FAMILY, JESSIE WAS A MEMBER OF THE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. JESSIE FOLLOWED HIS SISTER RUBY GUIDEN TO WICHITA, KS WHERE MET THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, JOYCE WILLIAMS AND THEY SPENT 38 WONDERFUL YEARS TOGETHER UNTIL THE LORD CALLED HIM FROM LABOR TO REST.

JESSIE HAD A QUIET SPIRIT BUT, LIKE HIS MOTHER HE NEVER MET A STRANGER AND SHARED HIS LOVE OF BLUES MUSIC WITH EVERYONE AND HE KNEW ALL THE WORDS OF EACH SONG. "BLUES" WAS ONE THING JESSIE COULD SHARE AND TALK ABOUT WITH EVERYONE.

JESSIE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS MOTHER ANNIE MAE DEAN HOLMES; BROTHER OTIS WILSON; 2 SISTERS RUBY GUIDEN AND KATIE HOLMES; 3 STEPCHILDREN CAVIN WILLIAMS, CAROLYN WASHINGTON AND LONELL WILLIAMS.

JESSIE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORIES HIS WIFE JOYCE WILSON; BROTHER SAMUEL (PATRICIA) WESLEY OF KENOSHA, WI; SISTERS LOTTIE TAYLOR AND JULIE (JAMES) THOMAS BOTH OF DUMAS, AR; HIS BABY RAVEN GAULDEN; STEP-DAUGHTERS DONNA BAKER, GAY WILLIAMS AND EDNA WILLIAMS; FAVORITE NEPHEW AND BEST BUD ISAAC GUIDEN ALL OF WICHITA; NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS, GRANDCHILDREN, GREAT AND GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN OF WICHITA, OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.

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