Funeral services for Bernice Quinn Wilson of Brookhaven are 11 a.m. on Thursday, February 28, 2019, at

Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church in Monticello with burial in the church cemetery immediately

following the service. Riverwood Family Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.

The Rev. Stanley Lobin will officiate.

            Visitation will be held from 5 until 8 p.m. on Wednesday, February 27 at the funeral home and at the

church on Thursday, February 28 from 10 a.m. until the time of the service.

            Bernice, 90, was born in the Harmony community on October 5, 1928, to James Luther Quinn and

Alberta Leola Mason Quinn. She was a lifelong member of Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church and

worked with the food pantry and various other ministries. She was a founding member of the Pleasant Grove Community Crafters.

            She worked for many years at the Stahl-Urban Company in Brookhaven and was retired from the

Fred’s department store in downtown Brookhaven.

            Bernice married Tommy Jerry Wilson from the nearby East Lincoln community on Aug. 7, 1944,

and the couple celebrated their 71st wedding anniversary shortly before Jerry’s death in June 2016.

The couple had three children, Tommy Jr., Mickey and Roger.

            She is preceded in death by Jerry, her parents and her siblings, Lt. Col. James Quinn, Lanell Krogstad,

Ruth Bessonnette, Margaret Griffith, Bennie Jo McGuffie and an unnamed infant brother.

            Survivors include her children, Tommy Wilson Jr. of Vicksburg, Mickey (Marilyn) Wilson of B

rookhaven and Roger (Judy) Wilson of Brookhaven; her grandchildren, Scott Wilson of Vicksburg,

Doug (Stephanie) Wilson of Vicksburg, Richie (Toni) Wilson of Wesson, Kristie (Jim) Burt of Brookhaven,

JoBeth (Lance) Thompson of Brookhaven, Jake (Jennifer) Wilson of Jasper, Ala., Elizabeth (John) McDaniel

of Brookhaven and Joshua Wilson of Hattiesburg; 19 great-grandchildren; nine great-great-grandchildren;

a special niece, Carolyn (Jimmy) Lambert; and many nephews, nieces and friends.

            Pallbearers will be Scott Wilson, Doug Wilson, Richie Wilson, Lance Thompson, Jim Burt, Jake Wilson,

Joshua Wilson, and Brandon Wilson. Honorary pallbearers will be Brooks Burt, Blake Thompson,

Zachary Thompson, John McDaniel, and Kyle Burt.

            The family rejoices in the knowledge that Bernice and Jerry are reunited in Heaven, where

there is no pain and only ever-lasting happiness and praise for our Savior.