Graveside services for William Edwards Wilder, 79, of Washington will be held Thursday, August 18, 2005, at 11 a.m., in Resthaven Cemetery with Rev. Albert W. Huyck Jr. officiating. He died Tuesday, August 16, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Augusta.
Mr. Wilder was born in Taliaferro County and was the son of the late Clinton Wilder and the late Cora Haney Wilder. He was the widower of Dorothy Wheless Wilder. After serving in the United States Army in Florida, he returned to Washington where he founded Southern Body Works and then Wilder’s Flea Market. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, Washington, where he was a member of the Jesse Mercer Sunday School Class.
Survivors include a daughter, Sandra Wilder Schnitzer, and her husband, Gary Schnitzer, of San Francisco, California; a son, Larry E. Wilder, and his wife Beverly of Lincolnton; two grandchildren, Misty Wilder of Charleston, S.C., and Joey Wilder of Asheville, N.C.; and three great-granddaughters.
Pallbearers will include Harry G. Bryan, Dean Ware, Todd Ware, Franklin Hunter, Gary Schnitzer, and Ellis Thornton.
Visitation was Wednesday, August 17, 7-9 p.m., at Hopkins Funeral Home.
Hopkins Funeral Home of Washington is in charge of arrangements.
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