Joe Wilson

ARITON…Mr. Joe Frank Wilson, a resident of Ariton (formerly of Wilson’s Landing, Lake Eufaula), died early Sunday evening, February 5, 2023, at his home. He was 85.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, February 8, 2023, in the Fuqua Bankston Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Bill Weed officiating. Burial will follow in Universalist Cemetery in Ariton. The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 P.M. Tuesday at the funeral home. Fuqua Bankston Funeral Home of Ozark is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Wilson, son of the late William Henry Wilson and Mamie Irene Beasley Wilson, was a native of Ariton and attended Ariton High School. He moved to Lake Eufaula in 1980, where he owned and operated Wilson’s Landing until 2003. Mr. Wilson served as Fire Chief in the Screamer Community from 1983 until 1992. In earlier years, he was employed with Hayes International at Napier Field as a supervisor and also with Beasley Honda in Ozark.  Mr. Wilson owned and operated Wilson’s Septic Service until his retirement in 2016. He served in the Alabama Army National Guard, Ozark Unit in earlier years. Mr. Wilson attended Rocky Head Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his granddaughter, Kaylee Wilson and an infant brother, Billy Jack Wilson; a nephew, Jeremy Jackson.

Surviving relatives include his wife of fifty-six years, Elinda “Linda” Jackson Wilson, Ariton; two sons, Danny Joe Wilson, Ozark and Derick Wilson (Kay), Edwin Community; a brother, Richard Henry Wilson (Kay), Land O’Lakes, Florida; two grandchildren, Jason Wilson (Anna) and Dillon Wilson (Jordan); a brother-in-law, Kenneth Jackson, Jack, Alabama.

Serving as active pallbearers will be Byron Ziegler, Jason Wilson, Kevin Dowdy, Sr., Kenneth Jackson, Bobby Russaw, Kevin Dowdy, Jr., and Lloyd Jackson.