She was a native of Emanuel County and had lived in Newington for the past 47 years until June of 2018
when she became a resident of Southern Manor in Statesboro Georgia.
She retired from Torrington in 1987.
Miss Dot never met a stranger and was loved by all who knew her. She was pre-deceased by her husband,
James Ozzie Wilson; her parents, Ruben Nelson and Ona McKendree Knox; her sisters, Bertie Morris,
Pauline Lamb, Tiny Mae Lance, Willie Mae Roberts; her brothers, James Knox and Karl Knox.
She is survived by her sisters-in-law, Mary W. Moore, Martha W. Jones and Nell W. Dickey and a host of nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be on Monday, December 3, 2018 at Thompson-Strickland-Waters Funeral Home.
The funeral will be on Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. at Thompson Strickland Waters Funeral Home in Sylvania, Georgia with Pastor James Horn officiating. Interment will be at Turkey Branch Baptist Church Cemetery in Effingham County. She will lie in state at the funeral home from 2:00 PM until 3:00 PM.
Pallbearers will be David Roberts, James Thomas Moore, Lewis Brooks Harrison,
Thomas Raeb Moore, David Stokes, Marty Connell, and Casey Harrellson.
The family requests memorials be directed to Ogeechee Area Hospice, PO Box 531 Statesboro, GA 30459.
Thompson-Strickland-Waters Funeral Home in charge of all arrangements. www.thompsonstricklandwaters.com
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