A memorial service for Emma Simpson Stephens Wilson, 98, of Washington, will be held Saturday, December 13, 2008, at the Washington Presbyterian Church at noon. She died December 3.
Mrs. Wilson was born in Atlanta on December 31, 1910, and was the daughter of the late Robert G. Stephens and Lucy Evans Stephens. She graduated with honors from Girls High School in 1930 and from Wesleyan College in 1934. She worked as assistant director of the Voluntary Religious Association at the University of Georgia for four years and later as YWCA secretary at Miami University of Ohio. In 1943 she married the director of the YMCA, Lucian Clovis Wilson, from Troy, Alabama. They lived and worked at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, and at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. After her husband's death in 1961, Mrs. Wilson made her home with her parents in Washington and lovingly nursed them through their last days. Known for her deep love of animals, she was called on to care for countless stray animals and led in the founding of the Washington Animal Shelter. She was active in the Washington Presbyterian Church. Many Washington children remember being treated to cookies, or a kitten, by "Miss Emma." As her health failed and her mind dimmed, she never lost her bright smile and her appreciation for her caregivers and visitors. In the last years of her life she was cared for by the staffs at Winterville Retirement Center and Quiet Oaks in Crawford, including Freddie Campbell, Cassie Carter, and Adair Wingfield.
Survivors include her sister, Ida Stephens Williams of Lawrenceville; her sister-in-law, Grace Winston Stephens of Athens; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Washington-Wilkes Animal Shelter.
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