Marjorie Mason Wild, 85
The youngest of five children, she was raised in McMinnville and graduated from Central High School in 1937. She worked for Dr. B.C. Smoot and then the Warren County Health Department from 1941-48. She moved to Knoxville in 1947 and worked with the TVA Health Department, serving there until her retirement. She then worked as a volunteer with St. Mary’s Hospital and with the Church of Christ of which she was a member. She moved to Morningside Assisted Living Center in Cookeville in 1998.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Julius Martin Wild; her parents, John T. and Carrie Goodson Mason Sr.; sister, Sarah Mason Ramsey of Manchester; brothers, Andrew Francis (Bill) Mason of Georgetown, Ky., Dr. John T. Mason and James R. Mason of McMinnville.
She is survived by sister-in-law, Louise Worthington Mason of McMinnville; nephews, John T. Mason III of Cookeville and J.B. Ramsey of Manchester; and nieces, Carolyn Ramsey Knowles of Sevierville, Rebecca Ramsey Odom of Sierra Vista, Ariz., Elizabeth Mason Rone and Mary Mason of McMinnville.
Services will be held at 3 p.m. today at Lynnhurst Cemetery with Robert Cowles officiating. Visitation will be held from 1 to 2 p.m. today at Rose Mortuary Broadway Chapel. Family and friends will meet for graveside services at the West Adair entrance at the cemetery.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) April 18, 2004