Tuesday, February 13, 1973, McCreary County Record
Ben Harrison Wilson
Ben Harrison Wilson, 79, died February 2 at his home in Smithtown after a long illness. His wife, Mrs. Ada Stephens Wilson, survives./ He was a son of the late Will Wilson and Lurvina Whitehead Wilson. He was born March 15, 1893, in Wayne County. He lived most of his lifetime in McCreary County where he worked in the coal mines. He was a member of the Antioch Baptist Church and a World War I veteran./ Surviving are three sons, Beaty Wilson of Cincinnati, Elbert Wilson of Hill Top and Luther Wilson of Smithtown; one daughter, Mrs. Maxine Crabtree of Sidney, Ohio; four brothers, Cal Wilson and Shelby Wilson, both of Revelo, Elihu Wilson of Hill Top, and Walter Wilson of Stearns./ Rev. Herbert "Bud" Perry conducted funeral services February 5 in Hickman Funeral Home Chapel./ Burial was in the Nancy Grave Cemetery.
Tuesday, February 13, 1973, McCreary County Record
Ben Harrison Wilson
Ben Harrison Wilson, 79, died February 2 at his home in Smithtown after a long illness. His wife, Mrs. Ada Stephens Wilson, survives./ He was a son of the late Will Wilson and Lurvina Whitehead Wilson. He was born March 15, 1893, in Wayne County. He lived most of his lifetime in McCreary County where he worked in the coal mines. He was a member of the Antioch Baptist Church and a World War I veteran./ Surviving are three sons, Beaty Wilson of Cincinnati, Elbert Wilson of Hill Top and Luther Wilson of Smithtown; one daughter, Mrs. Maxine Crabtree of Sidney, Ohio; four brothers, Cal Wilson and Shelby Wilson, both of Revelo, Elihu Wilson of Hill Top, and Walter Wilson of Stearns./ Rev. Herbert "Bud" Perry conducted funeral services February 5 in Hickman Funeral Home Chapel./ Burial was in the Nancy Grave Cemetery.
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