Marion Ogden Wilson

Mrs. Marion Ogden Wilson, 86, of D'Iberville, MS, died Monday, October 1, 2007, in D'Iberville. Mrs. Wilson had been a resident of the coast for the past 64 years. She was an elementary and high school teacher and "Project Head Start" director in D'Iberville. She was an avid gardener and a member of the First United Methodist Church of Biloxi. Mrs. Wilson was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Russell H. Wilson; her parents, Henry and Melida Ogden, three sisters and eight brothers. Survivors include her daughter, Melida (Bill) Patterson of Meridian, MS; two sons, Stephen Wilson of Goose Creek, SC, and Duane (Cathy) Wilson of Diamondhead, and eight grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Thursday, October 4, 2007, at 11 a.m. at the Howard Avenue Chapel of Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Homes in Biloxi where friends may visit one hour before service time. Interment will follow in Pine Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery in Jackson County.