Palestine High School Alumni Association

04 / 16 / 1943  –  03 / 20 /2011

Mary Ann Wilson passed away in a Mesquite hospital on March 20, 2011. Mary Ann was born in Bristol, Texas on April 16, 1943 to Lawrence Krajca and Vesta Mullicagan.

Mary was raised in Palestine and graduated from Palestine High School. She moved to Grand Prairie in 1968 where she lived most of her life.  Mary moved to Kaufman in 1984 and was a member of the Wilson Chapel Methodist Church. She worked for Baker Construction for 10 years and was President of Wilson Chapel Cemetery Association. Mary married Michael Glenn Wilson Sr. in Grand Prairie on Dec. 31, 1980.

She was preceded in death by her husband and is survived by her sons,  Sonny Odom and his wife Cassie of Brighton, Michigan, David Odom and his wife Lisa of Leander and Michael Wilson and his wife Melissa of Liberty Hill; daughters,  Wendy Wilson and her husband Carl of Richardson and Dawn Wilson of Leander; brothers,  Richard Britain of Oklahoma and Lawrence Krajca of Longview; 11 grandchildren; and many other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at 2 p.m. at Parker-Ashworth Funeral Home with interment following in Wilson Chapel Cemetery.  Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Parker-Ashworth Funeral Home of Kaufman. www.parker-ashworthfuneralhome.

Kaufman Herald – 03 / 24 / 2011