Morris Yogi Lee Wilson

Funeral services for “Yogi” Morris Lee Wilson will be held on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at 2:00 PM at the Swimmer Baptist church with Reverend Bobby Botts officiating. Visitation will take place on Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 from 10:00 AM until 8:00 PM at the Reed- Culver funeral Home of Tahlequah. Interment will be in the Swimmer Cemetery. Services have been entrusted to the Reed-Culver Funeral Home of Tahlequah.

Pallbearers for Yogi include Marlon Gordon, Ronnie Gassaway, James Secratt, Jackie Smith, Ray Mabe, and Chris Jenkins. Honorary pallbearers are all of Yogi’s friends at the District Number Two County Barn.

Morris “Yogi” Lee Wilson was born on March 12, 1959 in McAlester, OK the son of Robert and Doris (Effinger) Wilson. Yogi graduated from Oktaha High School. He then served his country as a United States Marine. After receiving his honorable discharge, he married the love of his life, Renita Arlene Crittenden, on November 27, 1979 in Miami, OK. This union was blessed with three children, Nathan, Tanya, and DeKeana. Yogi was a hard working man. He was employed by Cherokee County at the District 2 Barn. When he wasn’t working, he was always fixing a vehicle or building onto the house. He was a collector of baseball cards and loved to spend a leisurely day attending auctions . He liked playing bingo or meeting friends at the casino. The best days for Yogi involved being with his wife, children, and grandchildren preparing a large meal for them to share. His family was the central point of his life. He loved each and every one of them for the individuals they became. His family expanded with many children and grandchildren, and Yogi made room in his heart for them all. A Pentecostal by faith, Yogi placed his trust in God to care for him and his family. The Lord called Yogi home from his labors on January 22, 2011 at his home with his family at his side. Yogi was 51 years old.

Yogi was welcomed home by his father Robert, his son Nathan, who preceded him in 1981, two sisters, Lois Skinner and Dianna Qualls and his mother-in-law, Juanita Crittenden.

Those left behind to cherish Yogi’s memory include his loving wife , Renita, of the home in Hulbert. His mother, Doris Wilson of Muskogee and his children, Tanya Wilson and Robbie Henson of Hulbert, DeKeana Wilson and Brian Kirk of Hulbert, Aaron Webster of Wagoner, Eric Chuculate and wife Sonya of Hulbert, Jasmine St. Julian and Ebony Oliver both of Muskogee and Jessica Sosenko of Oklahoma City survive him as well. Yogi’s legacy lives on in his grandchildren, Christian Wilson, Cayden Humphrey, Colbie Henson, Chance Henson, Tyler Robinson, Kailey Kirk, David Wilson, Cianna Wilson, Brian Kirk, Madison Chuculate, Ethan Chuculate, Easton Webster, Sabrina Crittenden, Serenity Crittenden, Raymee Palacios, Jadyn Sosenko, Serenity Sosenko, and Paris Sosenko. Yogi’s four remaining sisters are Connie and Michael Fountain of Wagoner, Lillie and Ronnie Reeve of Oktaha, Maryetta and King Truitt of Muskogee, and Fonda and Tony Palacios of Hulbert as well as many nieces, nephews, cousins, and a host of friends and loved ones.