Wilson, Laura Josephine "Sweetie" 


MARSHALL -- Laura Josephine "Sweetie" Wilson, 88, of 
Jefferson, passed away August 23, 2006, in Gilmer. 
Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, August 
26, 2006, at Walnut Creek Baptist Church in Diana, with 
the Rev. Mickey Davidson and the Rev. Perry Crisp 
officiating. Interment will follow in Walnut Creek 
Cemetery. Laura "Sweetie" Wilson was born April 21, 
1918, in Boxwood, to Mr. George Washington Bassham and 
Mrs. Essie Camp Bassham. She married Wallace Wilson on 
May 13, 1938, in Gregg County. She and her husband ran 
the first selervice station for Exxon in Diana. She had 
formerly been in the antique business and grocery 
business in the Ashland community. She was a member of 
Walnut Creek Baptist Church and was a former Sunday 
school teacher. She is preceded in death by a brother 
and sister. Mrs. Wilson is survived by her husband, 
Wallace Wilson of Jefferson; her son and daughter-in-law, 
Loy and Ima Wilson of Deer Park; four grandchildren, 
Shane Wilson of Diana, Asa Wilson of Gilmer, Heath Wilson 
and wife, Deborah, of Ore City, and Brook and wife, Lynn 
Wilson, of LaPorte; four great-grandchildren, Lauren 
Wilson, Jonathan Wilson, Jessica Wilson, and Jena Wilson; 
and one brother and sister-in-law, Allen and Bonnie Bassham 
of Ore City. Memorial contributions may be made to Walnut 
Creek Baptist Church, 1969 N. Sego Lilly Rd., Diana, TX 
75640. Viewing will be held from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Friday, 
August 25, 2006, at Downs Funeral Home in Marshall. A 
visitation with the family will be held from 6-8 p.m. 
Friday evening, August 25, 2006, at Grubbs-Loyd Funeral 
Home on Hwy. 259 in Diana. Online condolences may be made 
to the family by e-mail at keithadowns@aol.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 8/25/2006.