Lonnie Joe Wilson's Obituary
Lonnie Joe Wilson, 81 of Weir, KS died Wednesday April 20, 2016
at his home in Weir.
He was born May 6, 1934 in Pittsburg, KS the son of Clem and
Allie (Tackett) Wilson.
The stories of his youth read like the pages from a Hemmingway
novel, from hopping freight trains with his brothers, cross country
adventures with colorful friends & harrowing mountain pass escapes
barely ahead of blasting crews. He was always a bit of a gypsy. More
recently, he enjoyed bird watching, motoring around the yard in his
scooter and shooting the occasional squirrel through the kitchen window.
The years in between he spent providing for his family trimming
trees, buying and restoring Army jeeps and trucks. He spent as much
time as possible discovering every hidden fishing hole between Weir and
Manhattan, KS, where he purchased the jeeps.
Lonnie is survived by his wife Barbara of the home; children Joey
Wilson and wife Jeanette of Lawton, Laura Burton of Mission, and Molly
Leonard and husband AI of Pittsburg, Gary, Ronnie, Lonnie Jr. and Jack
Wilson; sisters Gloria Scholes and Juanita Milleman; Grandchildren-
Jacob and Megan Wilson, Logan Bonner, Kaleigh, Evan and Madeleine
McGeorge, Liam Burton, Chase, Maiah Leonard, Christopher and
Stacie, Evette Woods, Cliff Wilson; Great grandchildren Elizabeth,
Breianna, Brian, Alvia and Julia Wilson, Cooper and Rylie Woods. He
was preceded in death by his parents, brothers-Raymond, Herman,
Christopher, Lloyd, Maurice, Theodore, Frank, Randolph and Winifred;
sister’s Reba Hadley, Linda and Patty Edwards. A special thank-you to
Reva Meadows, Jessica Dell'Antonia and Tonya Ruddick for all of your
love, support and care.
Graveside services will be 1 p.m. Saturday April 23rd at the
Rosebank Cemetery in Mulberry with Aaron Williams officiating. Family
and friends are requested to meet at the cemetery. Condolences can
be sent to www.bathnaylor.com Memorial contributions can be made to
the American Heart Association, memorials may be brought by or mailed
to the Bath-Naylor Funeral Home 522 S. Broadway Pittsburg, KS 66762.
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