Kenneth Ray (Pete) Wilson of Wills Point, TX, passed away on Monday, December 7, 2020.
Kenneth was born on August 12, 1938, in the Hayden Community, to parents, Johnnie and Bessie Wilson. He started school in the Turner Community after the family moved there when he was about five years old and later went to Wills Point Independent School District. Pete trusted in the work of Jesus when he was a teenager at the Turner Church and was later baptized in Wills Point. He served in the United States Army, worked on ranches and was a long haul truck driver for many years. He loved fishing fresh and saltwater, but he especially loved those channel cats. Pete moved to Port O’Connor, TX, where he spent the last twenty years and had many friends there.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Johnnie and Bessie Wilson; his sisters, Betty Joe Smith and Pat Tarrant; brother, Bill Wilson.
Pete is survived by his children, Kenneth Ray Wilson, Jr. and wife Dianne, Nathan Wilson, Dawn Gonzales and husband John, and Jack Wilson and wife Renee; sister, Johnnie Agnes (Short) Parker and husband Ray; seven grandchildren; along with many other family and friends.
Memorial services will soon be announced for the Wills Point and Port O’Connor areas.
