Lydia Ann Wilson

Lydia Ann Wilson age 86 went to meet the Lord on May 28, 2022.

She is preceded in death by her husband B. Joe Wilson, Sr., daughter J. Gale Fitzsimons, and son Bill J. Wilson, Jr.  

Lydia was born in Perry, AR.  After meeting Joe Wilson in Springdale, AR, at the skating rink, Joe and Lydia married and together they pastored Nazarene churches in Arkansas and Texas.  Lydia was a homemaker, and many will miss her sewing and baking skills.  Lydia was a faithful member of Friendly Chapel Church of the Nazarene in NLR.

Lydia is survived by her daughter Donna Holderfield (Phillip) of NLR, AR; daughter-in-law Kim Wilson of Atlanta, GA; son-in-law Dennis Fitzsimons (Pam) of San Antonio, TX; grandchildren Rae Newlin (Jeremy); Michelle Camp (Justin); Phillip Holderfield, Jr. (Natalie) all of North Little Rock; Lindsay Arwood (Mike) of Prague, OK; Amber Rikard (Seth) and Bonnie Willouby (Joel) both of Atlanta, GA; and seventeen great-grandchildren:  JJ, Shiloh, Eliana, Jace Newlin; Corbin, Aubrey Camp; Hannah, Hadley, Harper Holderfield; Ryan, Oscar, Daphne, Millicent Arwood; Peter Rikard; and Rose, Joellen, Annie Willoughby.  

Memorials may be made to Friendly Chapel, 116 S. Pine St., NLR, AR 72114 with a memorial service being held there at 2 PM on Monday, May 30.  A burial service at Chapel Hill Memorial Park in Jacksonville, AR at 2 PM on Wednesday, June 1, 2022.