Essie S. Wilson

Alexander Nora Essie Sluder Wilson, 91, went to be with her Lord on Thursday, March 29, 2012 at her residence. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. She retired in 1977 from American Enka Corporation following 35 years of service. Mrs. Wilson was a member of Mtn. View F.W. Baptist Church where she was a member of the Ladies S.S. Class and a member of the Sunshine Club through Victory Baptist Church. She was a 1937 graduate of French Broad High School where she was Valedictorian and a graduate of Cecils Business College. Mrs. Wilson was a daughter of the late James Franklin Sluder and Sarah Salinda Hall Sluder and wife of Dexter Earl Wilson who died in 1991. She was also preceded in death by her sisters, Agnes Howell and Emma Hargett and brothers, Grady Sluder and Bronnie Sluder. Surviving are her step daughter, Christine Renison of Asheville; 2 step grandchildren; 5 step great grandchildren; 6 step great-great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews, including Karen Grant and husband Winfred, who were her caregivers for 7 years. Funeral services will be held 3 P.M. Sunday in the chapel of Anders-Rice Funeral Home with Rev. Anthony Fox and Rev. Daryl Overton officiating. Burial will follow in Green Hills Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2 to 3 P.M. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to: Mtn. View F.W. Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, C/o Elmer Parham, 428 Ridgeview Road, Leicester, N.C. 28748.