ObituariesAugust 3, 1996
TAMMS, Ill. -- Funeral service for Cora Wilson of Decatur, formerly of Tamms, will be held at 1 p.m. today at J.J. Moran and Sons Funeral Home in Decatur. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery at Decatur. Friends may call at the funeral home from noon to service time...

TAMMS, Ill. -- Funeral service for Cora Wilson of Decatur, formerly of Tamms, will be held at 1 p.m. today at J.J. Moran and Sons Funeral Home in Decatur.

Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery at Decatur.

Friends may call at the funeral home from noon to service time.

Announcement courtesy of Crain Funeral Home in Tamms.

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Wilson, 93, died Thursday, Aug. 1, 1996, at McKinley Terrace in Decatur.

She was born Sept. 9, 1902, in Marianna, Ark., daughter of Ben and Jessie Drake. She and Finis Wilson were married in 1950. He died in 1972.

Wilson was a member of Community Temple Church of God in Christ in Decatur.

Survivors include two brothers, Freddie Drake of Decatur, Walter Drake of Murphysboro, and a sister, Mary Love of Decatur.

She was preceded in death by a sister.

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