WILSON, Otis
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review 11 Feb 1961 p 4
Hillsboro - Otis Wilson, 75, who lived in Hillsboro the greater part of his life died at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Layman Nursing Home in Clinton, Ind. He had been a patient there since august. He was born in Glasgow, KY on July 29, 1885 to Thomas and Fanny Bydee Wilson. He married Kate McMurtry in KY. A member of the Hillsboro Methodist Church he worked on a farm near Hillsboro for many years. Funeral services were held at Crumley Funeral Home at 2 p.m. WEST Sunday. Rev. Ronald Carlson officiated. Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review 15 Feb 1961 p 12
Hillsboro - Funeral services for Otis Wilson who died in the Laymon Nursing Home in Clinton Friday evening were held at the Crumley Funeral Home Sunday afternoon with Rev. Ronald Carlson, Methodist pastor officiating. Organ music was by Mrs. Mary Louise Newman. Nephews served as pallbearers and assisted with the flowers. They were: Edgar Wilson, Crawfordsville; Lloyd Wilson and Lloyd Bessel of Veedersburg, Reuben White of Williamsport, Charles Golden of Kingman and Clyde White of Hillsboro. Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Source: "Obituaries - Year - 1960 Volume B" from the Covington Public Library. 17 February 1961
Funeral services for Otis Wilson, 75, who spent the greater part of his life in Hillsboro, were held at the Crumley Funeral Home in Hillsboro at 2 p.m. Sunday. Rev. Ronald Carlson, pastor of the Hillsboro Methodist Church officiated and organ music was by Mrs. Mary Newman. Nephews served as pall bears and assisted with the flowers. They were: Edgar Wilson of Crawfordsville; Lloyd Wilson, Lloyd Bessell of Veedersburg; Reuben White of Williamsport; Charles Golden of Kingman and Clyde White of Hillsboro. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery, Hillsboro.
Mr. Wilson, who had worked on the farm in this vicinity for 8 number of years spent his later years in Hillsboro. He died at the Layman Nursing Home in Clinton, Ind., at 6:30 p.m. Friday, after having been a patient there since last August.
He was the son of Thomas and Fanny Bybee Wilson and was born July 29, 1885, near Glasgow, Ky. He was married to Kate McMurtry of Kentucky. Mr. Wilson was a member of the Hillsboro Methodist Church.
Survivors include two brothers, Fred Wilson of Covington and Clyde Wilson, of Hillsboro; a sister, Mrs. Nettie White of Williamsport and several nieces and nephews.
Two sisters and one brother preceded him in death.