BOBBIE WILSON Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Bobbie Jean Wilson, 67, of Kankakee, died Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at Riverside Medical Center. Visitation will be Thursday, October 27, 2011 from 5:00 until 7:00 P.M. and again on Friday, October 28, 2011 from 10:00 A.M. until time of Funeral Services at 10:30 A.M. all at Lax Mortuary. Reverend Robert Rucker will officiate. Burial will be in Oakridge Cemetery, Hillside, IL. Bobbie Jean Wilson was born January 7, 1944 in Clarksdale, Mississippi to Priscilla Smith and Isaiah Camphor. She confessed a hope in Christ and was baptized at Mount Zion Baptist Church by the late Sam Oakton in Sherard, Mississippi. She was a member of Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Kankakee, IL where she served as an usher. She worked as a Certified NurseÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Assistant at Kankakee Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and had also been employed by Cypress Tavern. She was united in Holy Matrimony to John R. Wilson in 1971. She was truly one of a kind and would help anyone. She loved the Bears, watching college football, the blues, cooking and dancing. She leaves to cherish her memory, one son, Clifford Meeks of Alexandria, MN; one daughter and son-in-law, Rose and Harold Green of Alexandria, MN; five brothers and four sisters-in-law, Lewis Jr. and Ann Smith of Clarksdale, Mississippi, Wesley and Dehlia Jackson of Richmond, IN, Albert and Liz Jackson of Evanston, IL, Anthony and Tina Jackson of Chicago, IL and Vornie Jackson of St. Louis, MO; four sisters and one brother-in-law, Betty and John Martin, Tina Jackson and Priscilla German, all of Chicago, IL and Bobbie Thomas of Sherard, Mississippi; two grandchildren, William Johnson III and Stephon Johnson both of Alexandria, MN; a goddaughter, Gladys Blunt of Kankakee, IL and her family, William Johnson II of Stillwater, MN, and a host of other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her mother, Priscilla Jackson and father, Isaiah Camphor; two brothers, Robert Jackson and Willie Jackson and two other brothers and four sisters.

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BOBBIE WILSON

January 7, 1944 - October 18, 2011