Liddy Hawkins Wilson, 79, a resident of Charlotte, NC died May 10, 2022. She was born May 25, 1942, in Columbus, GA to the late William Ewing and Margaret Hudson Hawkins. She grew up in Columbus, GA. She graduated from Columbus High School in 1959, where she earned many honors. She attended The University of Georgia for one year and was a member of the Chi Omega sorority. She married her high school sweetheart, William C Wilson, a student at Georgia Tech. A few years later, she earned a master’s and teaching certificate at Columbus College while managing a household with two young boys.
Bill and Liddy had 56 good years together living around the Southeast, eventually settling in Charlotte. Liddy was a wonderful mother to her two sons and teacher of math. She spent many years teaching and helping disadvantaged students. She loved travel, reading, art, discussing public policy, sewing and being with family and friends.
Knowledgeable and active in politics, Liddy advocated and worked against the deconstruction of American institutions which she recognized in recent years.
Her loving husband Bill passed away on February 10, 2018. Mrs. Wilson is survived by her children, sons, William ‘Bill’ C. Wilson Jr. and his wife Catherine of Atlanta, GA, and Sam B. Wilson of Black Mountain, NC. She is survived by her grandchildren William C. Wilson III and Clayton Elizabeth Wilson. She is also survived by her loving twin sister, Peggy H. Collins and brother-in-law Jack Collins of Columbus, GA. She was preceded in death by her older brother, William E. Hawkins of Atlanta, GA.
The family is organizing a memorial service but details are not available at this time.
Memorial donations in memory of Mrs. Wilson may be made to the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD) by going to www.theaftd.org. FTD, also known as frontotemporal dementia, frontotemporal degeneration or Pick’s disease, is the most common dementia diagnosed before age 60.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.McEwenPinevilleChapel.com for the Wilson family.
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