Opal Buckelew Wilson

Graveside services will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at Crestwood Memorial Cemetery for Mrs. Opal Christine Buckelew Wilson, 95, of Rainbow City. The Rev. Robbie Hendrick of Rainbow Presbyterian Church will officiate. Collier-Butler Funeral and Cremation Services directing.

Mrs. Wilson departed this Earth on Sunday for a land that is fairer than day.

Opal was a long-time member of Eastside Presbyterian Church and later became a member of White Springs Baptist Church after moving to Rainbow City. After the passing of her husband, Berford Wilson, in 1963, she raised their three fine sons. Mrs. Wilson worked at Sears and Roebuck on Forrest Avenue for many years and later became a bookkeeper for Rainbow City Water Works. After her retirement, she owned Town and Country Beauty Salon with her daughter-in-law, Ruthie. She was an excellent cook, a seasoned gardener, and enjoyed working with her hands, reading her Bible, and doing crossword puzzles. She took great pride in her three grandsons and her great-granddaughter.

Mrs. Wilson is preceded in death by her husband, Berford Wilson; and her son, Ronald Wilson.

She is survived by her sons, Ben Wilson and his wife Beth, and James Wilson and his wife Ellen; daughter-in-law, Ruthie Wilson; grandsons, Slade Wilson, Michael (Emily) Wilson, and Sam Wilson; and great-granddaughter, Virginia Linn Wilson.

Pallbearers will be family and friends.

The family wishes to extend a special thank you to the staff and caregivers at McGuffey Nursing Home.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Rainbow Presbyterian Church.

The family will receive friends from 11:00 a.m. until 12 noon on Tuesday at Collier-Butler Funeral and Cremation Services in Gadsden.

Online condolences may be made to the family at www.collier-butler.com