Obituary Ida C. Wilson

Mrs. Ida C. Wilson died in Bolivar, Tennessee, Saturday, Oct. 2, 1897 of consumption. Her remains were buried Sunday afternoon in Union Cemetery. A large concourse of sorrowing friends attended the funeral. Mrs. Wilson was the only daughter of Mr. W. W. and Mrs. Fannie J. McCarley, and was born in Bolivar in 1859. She was married in 1889 to Mr. C. C. Wilson, of Saulsbury, who died in 1885. Two children survive her. Four years ago, Mrs. Wilson moved to Texas in search of health and remained there two years. The climate did not prove beneficial and she returned to Jackson, where her mother and brother resided. In June last the family moved to Bolivar, her old home. Mrs. Wilson was a cultured, Christian lady, greatly beloved and her death is deeply regretted.

Source: original newspaper clipping in scrapbook created by Ada Clark Stroup of Saulsbury