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Visitin’
Just to whet your
appetite, they also partook
of rum and lime punch.
Pimms # 1 cup. flowerpot
cheese appetizer. fresh
grape salsa, bread salad
with roasted corn and pep
pers, spaghetti with
uncooked tomato sauce and
lemon sorbet and blackberry
Members of PHS Class of ’SB gather to
remember classmate Jimmy Wilson
By JOAN DORSETT
Home Journal Staff
Our Perry High School class
of 1958, his large family.
Pathfinders Sunday School
classmates and fellow workers
and friends said gtxxibve to
Jimmy Wilson Aug. 7 at Perry
United Methodist Church.
Following the music “Why
Me?" bv Kris Kristofferson, his
longtime friend Larry Walker
gave a eulogy which included
history of the Wilson family and
Perry that brought comfort and
fond memories to the family and
friends.
Said Walker:
“I gave the eulogy at Bobby
Branch’s funeral. Bobby
weighed over 350 pounds. I said
that Bobby was, literally and
figuratively. A big man.' I spoke
at Wilbur King's funeral. Wilbur
was about 6 feet tail and
weighed over 250 pounds. 1
called Wilbur A big man.'
Jimmy Wilson was about 5 feet
6 inches tall or should 1 say 5
feet 6 inches short. But. he too,
in the very best sense of the
words was A big man.'
"1 have known the Wilson
family all of my life. Jerry, who
is 2 years younger than Jimmy,
and I went through 12 years of
school together. Janice and I
consider Faye and Jerry to be
two of our very best friends. 1
visited in the Wilson home,
often staying overnight.
"Jerry. Bobby Jones, Jerry
Horton and 1 worked during the
summer of 1963 at Texas Steel
Co. for Durward (Will) in Ft.
Worth. Texas’. Ahrf and fhh „
ward served as our parents
while we were in Texas. I spent
the night with Bo and Sara Beth
when they lived in Charleston,
S.C., and they have spent the
night in our home. I visited and
laughed with Jack and Chris
tine, when Jack ran the amuse
ment park at I fouston Lake.
"I learned from and loved
Margaret. 1 knew the father,
"Mr. Sam", who died shortly
after Jimmy graduated from
high school. And, of course, I
knew the matriarch and the
"glue” that held the Wilson
crowd together Eunice a
stronger and better woman
never lived. And so, I believe I
am qualified to talk about this
wonderful family and this
strong yet gentle man, Jimmy
Wilson, whom we come to
remember today. Thank you
Wilson family for this privilege.
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CELEBRATING 95 Dollie Newberry.
95, with her family including (from left)
Keith Newberry, Linda Newberry, Philip
Newberry, Melissa Newberry, Pep Newber
ry, Laura Newberry, Mildred Newberry,
Large group gathers to celebrate Newberry s birthday
Special to m Home Jourhai.
Approximately 556 relatives and friends
of Dollie Newberry attended her 95th birth
day party Aug. 8 at Perry United Methodist
Church fellowship hall.
There were guests from Perry, Macon,
Gray. Lizella, Warner Robins, Byron, Fort
Valley, Unadilla, Snow, Cordele, Vienna,
Elko, Grovania, Henderson. Stoekbridge,
Chattanooga and Knoxville, Tenn., Corinth,
Vliss. and Panacea. Fla.
sauce in crisp phyllo tulips.
• ••
Pound Puppy Report
Nothing fancy this week,
but sometimes plain is just
what’s best. Animal Control
Officer Dan Bass at 988-
2800 has a small, long
haired brown female: a
large, short haired brown
’The Wilsons grew up on
Macon Street in Perry. As you
have already surmised, there
was a 'big crowd' for Mr. Sam
and Eunice to clothe and feed.
Mr. Sam worked at Penn-Dixie
Cement, but everybody in the
family participated in the distri
bution of The Macon Telegraph
The Macon News, The Atlanta
Constitution, and The Atlanta
JoumaL In fact. I believe that at
least one or more of the Wilson
boys or someone in the Wilson
family “took the paper" for 38
consecutive years.
“Jimmy, like the rest of the
boys, had a paper route which
he acquired at about 6 years of
age both before and after
school. Consequently. Jimmy,
at an early- age, learned a lot
about bicycles, dogs, and people
thost- that would pay for their
paper and those that would not.
“Jimmy, like the rest of the
Wilson boys, was a good athlete.
Football Coach Herb St. John
said of Jimmy: ‘He was fine,
conscientious, dependable, and
tough pound for pound, he
was tough as anyone 1 ever
coached.'
"But Jimmy, like the others,
was also smart. He was a good
student and a hard worker. He
also had nerves of steel as was
evidenced by the fact that he
eloped with Diana Venema
when she was 17 years of age
and still in high school. Jimmy
and Dee went to Aiken, S.C.
and married.
"Jerry and Faye followed the
elopement route to Aiken a few
years later, being accompanied
by Jimmy and Dee. On the
return trip home, Jimmy sug
gested that the first couple to
have a male child should name
him Aiken'. Jimmy and Dee
won as is evidenced by their
son. David Aiken Wilson.
Obviously, all of this eloping
must not have been a mistake,
as Jimmy and Diana were mar
ried 38 years, and Jeny and
Faye have been married 34
years. But not only did Jimmy
and Dee have a long marriage, it
was one that was especially
close.
Both considered the other
their best friend. Dee called
Jimmy my buddy' and said that
Jimmy raised her.' 1 think that
he did. It was a marriage that
produced two fine children.
David and Elizabeth, and was
what a marriage should be.
“As a family, the Wilsons
Ben Newberry, Dollie Newberry, Jackie
Beeland, Jimmy Beeland, Glynelle Bee
land, James Beeland, Martin Beeland,
Dot Heard, Jacquelyn Owens
The social hall was decorated with ferns,
magnolia leaves, yellow lantana and
numerous flower arrangements some of
which were sent from friends. Deborah
Walker provided a program of music at the
piano. Mayor Jim Worrall presented a
framed proclamation that declared Aug. 8,
1999 Dollie Newberry Day.
Jackie Beeland was pleased to see her
mother "so relaxed and happy and feeling
wonderful during a most glorious occasion.’
Continued from page IB
male; a medium, long
haired white female and a
small, black and white
female puppy.
Grant and Myers Helping
Hand animal shelter at 905
Jernigan still has two chow
mixes that are growing every
day and need homes and
several little black puppies.
were and are close. They love
each other and enjoy being in
each other’s company. And let
me tell you this, it is fun to be
with them because they are all
funny and they like to eat! They
got their love for good food hon
estly, as their mother was the
best cook in Ferry.
“After Mr. Sam died, Eunice
ran a boarding house, and she
always had plenty of good food
to eat and plenty of people will
ing to eat it! 1 can see Eunice
and Christine waiting on the
table the Wilson family and
their friends and it was not
unusual for there to be a choice
of 3 or 4 meats, 6 or 8 vegeta
bles. 2 or 3 breads, and 3 or 4
desserts!
“Jimmy graduated from
Perry High School and joined
the Army. He was a paratroop
er. 101st Airborne, and no sol
dier ever kept himself in better
physical condition. Later he
graduated from Georgia State
University and worked for Sears
for 30 years before retiring and
returning to Perry.
“He became employed with
the Georgia Department of Cor
rections and was to be the War
den of the new detention center
in Perry, which is scheduled to
open in the fall. Just as he had
done in football, in school, the
Army, and with his life, he was
doing an outstanding job.
“Jimmy was president of the
Pathfinders Sunday School
class here at the Perry United
Methodist Church. He had been
the president for the past two or
three years. Every Sunday, he
started the class with some
thing interesting he had read in
the newspaper, gotten over the
Internet, or a friend had given to
him. It was always appropriate
and thought-provoking.
“Last Sunday, he talked
about the killings in Atlanta and
said something to the effect that
we should be prepared, because
we never know when we will go.
While it is not for me to judge. I
truly believe that Jimmy Wilson
was prepared.
“No one not the preacher
nor anyone can explain to
our satisfaction why Jimmy
Wilson was taken from us like
he was. But many, including
me, can attest to his goodness,
his gentleness, his appreciative
nature, his good humor, and
the fact that he was a big
man.'"
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