Paul Dean Wilson Sr.

Paul Dean Wilson, Sr., 72, of Ward, Ark., was born May 5, 1943, in Jacksonport, Ark., to William and Nora (Rutherford) Wilson, and he died Thursday, May 21, 2015. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Sandra Wilson; daughter, Julie Lacy-Crafton (Michael); son, Paul Dean Wilson Jr.; grandchildren, Joe Lacy, Joshua Lacy (Amber) and Chace Gibson; great-grandson, Aaron Lacy; brothers, Wayne Wilson and Kenneth Wilson; and sister, Peggy Wilson. Paul was preceded in death by a daughter, Patricia Lynn Wilson; brothers and sisters, William Wilson Jr., Dorothy Thomblinson, Wilma Robertson, and Clay Wilson. Family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Smith-Westbrook Funeral Home, Beebe. Funeral will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 26, 2015, at First Gospel Church, 8101 Colonel Glenn Rd. in Little Rock, with burial in Carter Cemetery in Russell. Arrangements by Smith-Westbrook Funeral Home. www.SmithFamilyCares.com.