Joseph Carroll Wilson

MSgt Joseph C. Wilson (US Army, Retired), 85, passed away Wednesday at Spanish Oaks Retreat. A native of Cape Girardeau, MO, he lived in Hinesville for 42years. He was a retired Master Sergeant, a veteran of both the Korean and Vietnam wars, and a recipient of the Silver Star. He worked for Bendix Corporation in Saudi Arabia for six years, and as a contractor on Fort Stewart for many years. He was a graduate of St. Leo College and was Catholic. He was preceded in death by his wife of twenty-five years, Vivian; his parents John Senne and Ethal Wilson; and a brother, John Senne Wilson, Jr. He is survived by his daughters, Mary Carroll Brown (Ivan) of Forest City, Arkansas, Leilani Wilson of California, and Moira Wells (Mike) of Gum Branch; a son, Senne Wilson of Memphis, TN; grandchildren, Leslie, Melissa, Amber, and Ryan; great-grandchildren, Kohen and Caylen; and niece, Patricia Wilson Compton (James Whitney) of Marietta. Visitation will be 4-6 p.m. Sunday at Carter Funeral Home Oglethorpe Chapel, with a Rosary Service at 5:30 p.m. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. on Monday at Carter Funeral Home. Burial, with Full Military Honors, will follow in Georgia Veteran's Memorial Cemetery in Glennville. Memorials may be made to Alzheimer's Association, P.O. Box 96011, Washington, DC 20090, www.alz.org; American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718, www.cancer.org; or Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, Kansas 66675, www.woundedwarriorproject.org. Carter Funeral Home Oglethorpe Chapel is in charge of the arrangements. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Joseph Carroll Wilson, please visit our flower store.