Palestine High School Alumni Association

04 / 17 / 1890  –  03 / 24 / 1972

Funeral services for Frank C. Wiley, who died early Friday at his home in Jacksonville, will be held at 2 p.m. today in the Bailey Memorial Chapel here with the Rev. Don Meador officiating. Burial will follow in The New Addition Cemetery. There will be a Masonic service at graveside.

A native of Palestine, Mr. Wiley was born April 17, 1890, a son of the late Thomas Andrew Wiley and Mrs. Ella Bailey Wiley. He was 81.

He had made his home in Jacksonville for some 16 years, having retired as a machinist with Missouri Pacific Railroad in 1947 after some 35 years service

A member of the Methodist Church, Mr. Wiley was also a Mason and was a veteran of World War I. He was preceded in death by his son, Frank Wiley, Jr., in 1957.

Survivors include his widow, the former Miss Nancy Ann Atkisson; One daughter, Mrs. John Grant of Chicago, Ill; A daughter-in-law, Mrs. Virginia Franklin; and two grandchildren.