JAMES AMBRUS WILSON WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 23, 1950 TO THE LATE JOHNNY WILSON AND SADIE HARDY WILSON. HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON JULY 25, 2023 AT SAINT MARYS HOSPITAL FOLLOWING A BRIEF ILLNESS. JAMES RESIDED IN THE HOME WITH HIS SISTER MARY WILLIAMS WHO WAS HIS PRIMARY CARE GIVER ALONG WITH HER SON STEVEN L WILLIAMS. JAMES ACCEPTED CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE AND JOINED THE NEW SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE HE SERVE FAITHFULLY UNTIL THE DECLINE OF HIS HEALTH. HE LOVED SINGING, PLAYING MUSIC ON HIS CD PLAYER, ATTENDING BIBLE STUDY AT NEW GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH, WATCHING ON-LINE WORSHIP SERVICE WHEN HE COULDN’T ATTEND CHURCH, EATING AT CAPTAIN D’S AND SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY. HE WOULD SPEND MANY DAYS SITTING OUT ON THE CAR PORCH WAVING AT FOLK AS THEY PASSED BY. HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO ATTEND JACKSON CREATIVE FORMERALLY KNOWN AS SOLAR TECH.
JAMES LOVED GIVING ORDERS TO FISH MOUTH (DEBRA) AND SENDING FOR HIS BOY (BRIAN) TO COME CUT HIS HAIR AND TAKE CARE OF HIS GROOMING NEEDS.
HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS AND 2 SISTERS – MINNIE LEE GRESHAM AND DARLENE HEMPHILL. HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY: 2 BROTHERS- REV. FRED WILSON OF JEFFERSON, GA. AND DONALD (BETTY) WILSON OF COMER, GA.
4 SISTERS – MARY LOIS WILLIAMS, ORA DEAN ROWE, ELEASE (ISSAC) SIMPSON AND LAVERN MACK OF JEFFERSON, GA. AND A HOST OF NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD 2:00 P.M. SUNDAY JULY 30, 2023, AT NEW SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH WITH PASTOR ELIJAH MCDONALD PERSIDEING OVER THE SERVICES. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW AT NEW SALEM CHURCH CEMETERY. MR. WILSON WILL LIE-IN-STATE SUNDAY FROM 1:00 P.M. UNTIL TIME OF SERVICE AT 2:00 P.M. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 29, 2023 FROM 6:00 P.M. UNTIL 8:00 P.M. AT EVENS FUNERAL HOME.
EVANS FUNERAL HOME, INC., 1350 WINDER HIGHWAY, JEFFERSON, GEORGIA 30549. 760-367-5467
ONLINE CONDOLENCES AT WWW.EVANSFUNERALHOMEINC.COM
