Dr. E. P. Wilson

Meridional 1-13-1923
Wilson, Dr. E. P., born 1876, died 1-10-1923

Dr. E. P. Wilson
Died at his home in Houston, Miss. Wednesday Jan. 10th, at 3:30 P.M.
His remains were brought to Abbeville, Friday, January 12, and
interment was made in the Masonic Cemetery. Funeral services were
conducted by the Masonic Lodge of this place.

Dr. Wilson was married to Miss Fadra Holmes in the Summer of 1921 and
since then they had made their home in Houston, Miss.
The sincerest sympathy of the Meridional goes out to the bereaved ones
in this their darkest hour of grief.


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Meridional 1-20-1923:
Funeral Sermon of Dr. Wilson, of Houston.

Dr. E. P. Wilson was born in 1876 at Slate Springs, Miss. His father, Rev. T. H. Wilson was a minister of the Baptist Missionary Church and for twenty years was moderator of the Zion Association. His mother was Mrs. Angelin Isabella McKey Wilson. The influance [sic] of this christian mother and father showed its effect in the early life of Dr. Wilson. He united with the Baptist Church at the age of fifteen and has
been very active and loyal in the support of the Kingdom's work, giving freely and liberally.

He had his high school course at Slate Springs and Bellefontaine, and had his college course at A. & M. His first year there was under the Administration of General Lee and the other years were under the first
years of Mr. Hardy['s] superintendency. During his college training at A. & M. he took special training in chemistry with the view of having this special preparation for his medical course which he had at Memphis medical College. Later he specialized in X-Ray & laboratory work at Tulane University New Orleans. For two years after his graduation he practiced his profession at French Camp and after that time came to Houston.

In 1917 he volunteered for service in the World War and was commissioned as a Lieutenant of the Medical Corp, First Aid, First Corp, First Division. He was assigned to aviation section which was
stationed at San Antonia [sic], Texas. He was afterward transferred to Harrisberg, Penn., & here received his 33rd, degree in Masonary [sic]. From Harrisberg he was transferred over seas where he remained for
perhaps fifteen months. During this time he was in the Army of Occupation for nine months and took part in the drive at Saint Mihael [Michel?]. After being discharged from the army he returned to Houston and since this time has done the laboratory and X-Ray work of the Houston Hospital.

On January 3rd, he was taken suddenly ill with pnuemonia [sic] of which he died at 3 P.M. January 10, 1923. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Farda [sic] Holmes Wilson and two brothers, Mr. Walter Wilson of Ethel, Miss. and Mr. Fox Wilson of Mathiston, Miss.

In the death of Dr. Wilson his relatives and friends have suffered an irrepairable [sic] loss. He was a fine Southern, Christian gentleman and won the respect and love every one who was associated with him, and was known and loved all over the state of Miss. He was a man of unassuming manner, but a man of indomitable will and great firmness of purpose. He was gentle and kind, but firm, and sure in all he
undertook. In his profession he was highly respected and honored. He was elected secretary of the North Eastern Miss. Medical Association a short while before his death.

In the quiet and efficient fulfillment of his duty and in his unfailing loyalty and devotion to his family & friends, Dr. Wilson proved himself a great man and we feel that, in the words of the poet, he has left his
foot prints on the sands of time for the emulation of others.

He was accompanied to his last resting place, at Abbeville, La., by his brother, Mr. Walter Wilson, his nephew, Mr. J. T. Wilson, and also by three friends from Houston. Letters and telegrams of regret have come to the bereaved from all parts of the State of Miss. and other places where he was known, and it should be a source of comfort to them that he was so loved and honored. And certainly this love and admiration is a reflection of what he gave, for he followed the creed of the Poet, who said:

I hold that Christian Grace abounds
Where charity is seen; that when
We climb to heaven 'tis on the rounds
Of love to men.
Tis not the wide phylactery,
Nor stubborn fast, nor stated prayers,
That makes us saints; we judge the tree
By what it bears.
This I moreover hold and dare,
Affirm where'er my words may go—
Whatever things be sweet or fair
Love makes them so