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Joe Horace Wilson, 87

Ecorse, Mich., resident and Monterey native Joe Horace Wilson, 87, died Aug. 22 at Rivergate Nursing Home in Riverview, Mich., after an extended illness.

A retired machine operator and a member of New Hope Baptist Church in Dearborn Heights, Mich., he was the son of James Bedford and Emily Smith Wilson; and was preceded in death by two brothers and four sisters; first wife, Ethilene Pack in 1981 and second wife, Faye Mock in 1995.

He is survived by son and daughter-in-law, Joey D. and Patricia Wilson of Taylor, Mich.; stepson, Milton Mock; stepdaughter, Pamela Gibson; sister, Christine Gilstorf of McMinnville; and three stepgrandchildren.

Graveside services will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday at Shellsford Cemetery with Braxton Hunter officiating. There will be no visitation.

High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Aug. 24, 2005

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