The "New" Burkett Family Web Site
Obituary Archives – 1993
|
J. A. "Jim" Wilson Lewiston Tribune, 12/25/1993
J. A. (JIM) WILSON, 64, LONGTIME OF KOOSKIA PRICE, Utah J.A. (Jim) Wilson, 64, a longtime Kooskia area resident, died Thursday of unknown causes while driving a truck in Carbon County, Utah, near Price. Wilson had been a carnival worker in his younger years. He moved to the Kooskia area in the 1950s and worked for MacFarland Pole Co. for several years. During the 1970s, he drove bus for School District 241 in Kooskia and for many years had been an independent trucker. He also had been involved in a variety of entrprises in the Kooskia and Kamiah area, including a youth recreation business and a second-hand store. He was born June 24, 1929, in Oklahoma, to Harvey and Lucy Jane Brown Wilson. When he was 10, the family moved to California. He later joined the carnival, which took him to many places across the country. He and Lucille F. Glover were married Sept. 20, 1950, in Mendota, Calif. She survives at their home in Kooskia. Wilson enjoyed playing pool and working with youth. Survivors in addition to his wife include two sons, Dale Wilson of Germany and Jerry Wilson of Kooskia; a daughter, Kathy Wilson of Weippe; two brothers, Homer Wilson of Salinas, Calif., and Bobby Wilson of Garden City, Texas; a sister, Stella Wilson of Madras, Ore.; 15 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Two brothers, Herb and Harvey, died previously. At his request, no funeral will be held. Trenary Funeral Home in Kooskia is in charge of arrangements. Source: Lewiston Tribune, 12/25/1993 Obituary reproduced with permission of the Lewiston Tribune. |
Return to Home -- Return to Obituaries -- Return to Search Archives