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Collins Shields Thomas - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Biloxi Sun-Herald, November 11, 2011

William Henry Wilson
Dec. 23, 1922 - Nov. 10, 2011

Vancleave, MS. Mr. William Henry Wilson, age 88, of Vancleave, MS., died Thursday, 
November 10, 2011, in Biloxi, MS.

Mr. Wilson was a resident of Vancleave since 1984. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII and 
the Philipine Liberation, 368th Harbor Craft Company. He was a longtime businessman and owner 
of the Pan Am Services, Inc. in Laurel, MS. and worked part-time with MDOT as a bridge tender 
until 2002. Mr. Wilson was an avid fisherman and sportsman and a devoted husband and father. 

He was preceded in death by his wife, Helen Ekes Wilson, son, Kelly Otis Wilson, brother, Charles 
Edward Wilson and parents, Homer William Wilson and Effie Cagle Wilson.

Survivors include a son, William Collier Wilson of Vancleave, MS., two sisters, Ramona Nolan Scott 
of Tallulah, LA., and Martha Jean Jolly of Columbia, LA.

Visitation will be on Saturday, November 12, 2011, from 12 noon until 2 pm, with a 2 pm Memorial 
Service, all at the Vancleave Chapel of Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Home.