Graveside services will be held at 2:00pm, Sunday, March 25, 2018, in the Roberts Cemetery in Osyka, Mississippi. Rev. Bill Stewart will officiate.
Wilma was born December 21, 1933, in Osyka, a daughter of the late Charles Enos Bates and Wilma Williams Bates.
Survivors include her beloved husband of 53 years, Keith Dale Cole; and sister, Bessie Bates.
In addition to her parents, Wilma was preceded in death by her son, Allen Sheldon, brother, Ray Otis Bates, and sister, Carol Hatcliff.