Mary Kathryn Wilson, 80

November 4, 1942  –  September 3, 2023

TUPELO – Mary Kathryn Richardson Wilson, at age 80, departed this life for her life in eternity on September 3, 2023 from The Meadows in Fulton after a brief illness. Kathryn was born on Nov. 4, 1942 in Montgomery County, MS, the youngest of 8 children born to the late Chalmers Henry Richardson and Annie Pearl Crowder Richardson. She grew up in the Poplar Creek Community of Montgomery County, graduated from Big Black Consolidated School near Kilmichael, and attended Holmes Junior College. She married George Wilson on July 7, 1961, a marriage of 55 years until his death on June 26, 2017. A master seamstress, she worked in Alterations for Gilpin’s Cleaners, One Hour Martinizing, among others locally. She had a great sense of humor, loved her family supremely, and was an Ole Miss Rebel and Manning Brothers football fan. Kathryn loved Christmas most and started decorating her home to the 9s immediately after Halloween. She loved sewing for the family, the color red, and her many dogs, which she treasured.

A celebration of life service for Kathryn will be held at 3 PM Friday, September 8, 2023 in the Sadie M. Holland Memorial Chapel of Holland Funeral Directors in Tupelo with Rev. Kenny McGill officiating. Visitation will be from 2 PM to service time. Burial will be private. For those unable to attend, the service will be livestreamed at hollandfuneraldirectors.com/live-streaming, where it will be archived afterward. Holland Funeral Directors is honored to serve their friends.

Kathryn is survived by her sons, George Wilson, Jr. of Gulfport, and Stacy Wilson of Tupelo; daughter-in-law Nancy Wilson of Tupelo, and brothers-in-law Joe Wilson (Nancy) of Clarksville, TN, and Boyce Wilson (Becky) of Kilmichael, MS; her brother, Claude Richardson of Gulfport, MS; six grandchildren, Stephanie, Brian, Claudia, Beth, Alex, and Amy; and nine great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Chalmers and Annie Richardson; her husband, George Wilson in 2017; her son, Richard Wilson, who died in 2020; and her siblings, C.H., Theron, Annie Mae, Meredith, Alan, and Clayton.

Memorials in her honor may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Way, Memphis, TN 38105.

Condolences may be posted on Kathryn’s memorial page at hollandfuneraldirectors.com.

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