Loretta Kelley Wilson

May 30, 1939 - September 6, 2016

She was just a simple woman who enjoyed spending time with her family, and she would say church was her life. Loretta Kelley Wilson died Sept. 6, 2016, at her home in the Sims community. She was 77. She had multiple myeloma and renal failure. She was married to the late Harold B. “Bob” Wilson. In the early years of their marriage they lived in Detroit, Michigan. They moved back home and had 2 children, Debbie Frey (Johnnie) of the Sims community and Teresa Silas of Albertville. Mrs. Wilson worked for a few years at the H.D. Lee Company in Guntersville. She had 4 grandkids, Bradley Mims (Val), Brandy Ragan, Marnnie Caldwell and John Paul Frey; and 10 great-grandkids, Mason Mims, Madison Timmerman, Tyler, Brannon, Kaiden and Audrina Mayfield, Malakai Poe, Rylan Ragan, Dakota Nelson and Rissa Caldwell. Mrs. Wilson is also survived by 2 sisters, Diane Patterson (Mike) and Gaye Sims (Lee). She was preceded in death by her husband, Bob Wilson; a grandson, Jody Mayfield; a brother, Willie Ray Kelley; and her parents, Ambers and Julia Kelley. The funeral was at Welcome Bethel Church, where she was a member. Officiating were Rev. Hal Mahan and Rev. Thomas Mahan. Mrs. Wilson was buried Friday, Sept. 9, 2016, in the cemetery at the Pleasant Hill Church #2 in the Sims Community. Pallbearers were Johnny Kelley, Dakota Nelson, Bro. Dean Moore, Bro. Brannon Kelley, Ron Shirley and David Ragan. Guntersville Memorial Chapel directed. A donation in Mrs. Wilson’s memory can be made at Welcome Bethel Church in the Sims community.