Extracted from The Smithfield Herald (Smithfield, NC)
Friday, March 28, 1947

MRS. ESTHER F. L. WILSON DIES

Funeral Rites Held Wednesday

Funeral services for Mrs. Esther Frances Lee Wilson, 91, of Dunn, Route 5, were conducted Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock at the Sandy Grove Free Will Baptist church by the Rev. Monot Godwin. Burial was in Greenwood cemetery in Dunn.

Mrs. Wilson, native and life-long resident of Johnston county, died at her home Tuesday.

She was the daughter of the late Westbrook and Esther Smith Lee. She was married the first time to Isaac Eldridge and the second time to George R. Wilson, who died in 1914. Mrs. Wilson had been a member of the Shady Grove church for the past 50 years.

Surviving are three sons, Roy R. Wilson of Newton Grove and Leon and Jesse O. Wilson of Dunn, Route 5; one daughter, Viola Wilson of Dunn, Route 5; 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.