Edward L. Wilson Jr.

Born January 13, 1920 in Valient, Oklahoma to Nina Selph and Edward Lewis Wilson, Edward Lewis Wilson, Jr. passed away peacefully in his garden Friday afternoon. A member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School, he received a degree in Architectural Engineering from Texas A&M. He married his sweetheart Jean Marie Haley before serving in Europe in the 6th Armored Division. After returning from World War II, he established Edward L. Wilson, Consulting Engineers, where he was responsible for the initial layout of Brook Hollow Industrial District and Stemmons Freeway as well as over 300 schools, many country clubs and hospitals across Texas and the Mid-South region including the current Dallas VA Hospital. He was awarded the 1990 Associated General Contractors Building of the Year Award. Ed was a member of the Highland Park UMC for over 60 years, where he served as a scoutmaster for Troop 82 and on the church board. He was active in his community as a town councilman for Highland Park, an early sponsor of the Dallas’ American Indian Methodist Church and member of the Dallas Country Club. He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Jane Wilson Hooper; wife, Jean Marie Haley Wilson and son, William Haley Wilson. He is survived by his sister, Ruth Wilson Keeton; son, Edward Lewis Wilson III; daughter, Sarah Wilson Andry and her husband Richard; grandsons, Samuel Hayes Wilson, Thomas Lewis Wilson and John Christopher Andry; granddaughters, Gretchen Andry Reynolds and Amber Zumbro Hunt and great-granddaughters Yarden Andry Reynolds and Blake Salome Andry. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 22 March 2011 in Cox Chapel of the Highland Park United Methodist Church.