Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-13
Death of Mrs. 8. X. Wilson IN
Buckingham County

Buckingham County
Mrs. Serena Reubena Wilson,
widow of the late DR.. John l..
Wilson of Lexington, died Thurs
day afternoon, July 18th, at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Evan X.
Williams of Arvonia, Buckingham
county, Va. The funeral services
were held Friday night at Arvonia,
and the remains were taken Satur-
day morning to Richmond and in
tel red in Hollywood cemetery.
For twenty years Mrs. Wilson
was a resident Of Lexington. She
wasmar ried in 1881 to DIR. John
r.. Wilson, a well known dentist OF
this place, and lived here until
after her husbands death in 1917.
For a number of years Mrs. Will
son taught in the Lexington puollc
| schools. She was an efticient,pains.
taking and successful teacher and
she had the happy faculty OF win
ming the confidence and affections
of those unuer h T. instruction.
Mrs. Wilson was brought up In
the Baptist church and in early
| life united with that denomination
at her home in Richmond. Some
wears after her marriage she con
nectcd herself with the Lexington
Presbyterian church, which was
| the church of DR.. Wilson. She
was actively identified here with
church and Sunday school woi
and showed considerable interest
lin charitable and home missionary
enterprises of the community.
Mrs. Wilson'S death is sincerely
mourned by a large circle o.
friends in Lexington and ROCK
bridge, where she was widely
known. She was-a woman of grea
force and energy and among he
Intimate friends she was held II
the highest esteem, because sh'
was always true and loyal, kind
hearted and generous.
| The following notice Of Mrs
Wilson'S death appeared in Satur
davis Richmond Times-Dispatcl
| from Arvonia under date OF Jul.
9Th:
| Mrs. Serena Hutchinson Wilson
one of the best known and mos
beloved women of this section, die
ut the home of her sister, Mrs
Evan R. Williams, yesterday after
noon after a long and painful Ill
ness. The death of Mrs. Wllso
came as no surprise to her man
friends here, as her physicians ha
some time ago given up all hope q
, her recovery. Her illness had e'
tended through nearly ten month";
and ut the time of her death DC
children and II number Of her rel'
, tives we're at her bedside.
Mrs. Wilson's maiden name wa
n Serena Reubena Hutchinson, an
che was the daughter of Mr.. Ale'
ander Booth Hutt heson OF Ricl
< mond, where shs was born az
lived during her girlhood life. III
8 mother was before her marrlal
d Miss Serena Timberlake.
Il Mrs. Wilson was educated in Il
Rich nond ely schools, graduatln
at the Richmond Normal Scho
:. before the establishment OF Il
- State Female Normal School
Farmville. In 1881 she was ma
ried to DIR. J. T. Wilson of lie
- inpton, Va, where the coup
Il lived until DR.. Wilson's death
i June, 1899. Since. that time MI
I, Wilson mas lived at Arvonia, Va
:, with her sister, Mrs. Evan K. W
liams.
l. For some years Mrs. Wilson W
correspondent fer the Richmol
+ Dispatch, and later of The Time
" Dispatch, and her contributions
q the press were generally comp
!, mented. She was a woman
~ more than ordinary inte,lectt
~ ability, and she was widely a
g. greatly beloved.
h Mrs. Wilson leaves two chiidrf
o. Susie Mabeth Wilson, who la
ii year graduated with the high'
70 honors at Hollins Institute, a
~ John Alexander Wilson, who
~, NJ several years has been stude
at the Virginia Polytechnic lns
-, tute. She was sister OF Nj
er EvansR. Williams, of Arvonia a
ID OF the late Mrs. John r. William