Ruth Audrey Sandel Wilson

Ruth Audrey Sandel Wilson, 85, died peacefully in her sleep Tuesday, January 14, 2014. Mrs. Wilson was born February 23, 1928, the daughter of Henry Adrian and Ruth Doherty Sandel. She was a graduate of St. Joseph High School in Natchez, Mississippi. She was known throughout her life as "Lulu". She was totally dedicated to her family and was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and a friend to all who knew her. Lulu loved fishing, gardening, traveling, crafts, playing bridge, bingo and playing the slots. Preceding Lulu in death were her parents; two brothers, William Lloyd Sandel and Henry Adrian "Sonny" Sandel; her sister Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Sandel Smith; her eldest son, Joseph Douglas Wilson, Jr.; and her daughter-in-law, Laurie Varice Jones Wilson. Survivors include her husband, Joseph Douglas Wilson of Bryant, AR and four children, Walter Richard Wilson and wife, Toni, of Tyler, Texas; Deborah Ann Wilson McNeill of Tiki Island, Texas; William Lloyd Wilson of Bryant, Texas; and Marie Elizabeth Wilson of Tiki Island, Texas. Additional survivors are five grandchildren, Mary Christine Hining of Benton, Ark; Ira Jonathan Wood and his wife, Erica, of Katy, Texas; Walter Kyle Wilson of Tyler, Texas; William Joseph Arteak Wilson of Jonesboro, Ark.; Kelsey Kathleen Wilson of Tyler, Texas; one great-grandchild, Connor Andrew Smith. She is also survived by two brothers, Lewie Sandel and Walter Sandel and wife, Peggy; one sister, Freda Sandel Stallone and husband, Meno; two sisters-in-law, Frances Wilson Boyd; and Mary Wilson Dick and husband, Keller; and many nieces and nephews. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m., Friday, January 17, 2014. Funeral will be 11 a.m., Saturday, in the chapel of Griffin Leggett Forest Hills. Interment will follow the service in the Wilson family plot at Pine Crest Memorial Park under the direction of Griffin Leggett Forest Hills Funeral Home. Please share your memories of Ruth at www.griffinleggettforesthills.com.