ELVA WILSON DENNIS

MRS. ELVA WILSON DENNIS, DAUGHTER OF THE LATE BILL WILSON AND DAISY BURLEY WILSON, WAS BORN APRIL 30, 1913 IN TRENTON, FLORIDA. SHE ATTENDED PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN HILLSBOROUGH, COUNTY FLORIDA. AT AN EARLY AGE, SHE PROFESSED FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST, AND AFTER RELOCATING TO AVON PARK, FLORIDA IN THE MID 1940'S, SHE JOINED BEULAH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. AT BEULAH, SHE SERVED FAITHFULLY AS A CHURCH SECRETARY, SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER, AND A MEMBER OF THE MISSIONARY SOCIETY. SHE WAS A DEDICATED MEMBER OF THE60 MISSIONARY SOCIETY-CONGRESS #5 OF THE NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION FOR OVER 60 YEARS.

SHE WAS UNITED IN HOLY MATRIMONY TO WILLIE DENNIS IN AUGUST OF 1969. HE PRECEDED HER IN DEATH.

AS A RESULT OF HER GENEROUS SPIRIT AND PLEASANT PERSONALITY, SHE WAS LOVED BY MANY. HER CHRISTIAN LIFE WAS AS BEAUTIFUL AS THE FLOWERS THAT SHE LOVED SO WELL, AND HER INFLUENCE WILL REMAIN IN THE LIVES OF ALL WHO KNEW HER. SHE QUIETLY DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2018 AT THE PALMS OF SEBRING, FLORIDA. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY BROTHERS, BILLY WILSON AND WILLIE WRIGHT, AND SISTER-IN-LAW, AMY WRIGHT.

HER BEAUTIFUL LIFE WILL BE FOREVER CHERISHED IN THE LIVES OF HER FAMILY; SISTER, MARY WILSON AND BROTHER, DR. JOHN WILSON (CASSANDRA); NEPHEW, WILLIE WRIGHT (CASSANDRA); NIECES, MORGAN WILSON, SENEZIA WILSON AND SABRINA SMITH; DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, KATTYE BODDIE; GRANDDAUGHTER-IN-LAW, LASONJA WILLIAMS (QUINTON); CAREGIVER AND DEAR FRIEND, DEBBIE MCDUFFIE; GODCHILD, DONALD CONNER; THREE GREAT NIECES, FOUR GREAT NEPHEWS; SPECIAL FRIENDS VIOLA BELL, CLARA BOONE, MAXINE FLOYD, ELOISE MARION, SHIRLEY MCCAULEY, ORA DELL ROWE AND A HOST OF COUSINS (BURLEY'S AND WILSON'S) AND DEVOTED FRIENDS. HER FAVORITE COLOR WAS RED WHICH SYMBOLIZES STRENGTH, DETERMINATION AND LOVE.

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