Floraetta Juanita Wilson, 94, of Forrest City, died Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024, at The Springs of Brinkley, in Brinkley, Arkansas. She had been in poor health for the past several years.
Mrs. Wilson was born March 4, 1929, in Manila, Arkansas, and was the daughter of Jack Coats and Nellie Eugenia Thomlinson Coats Riggs. She lived most of her life in Forrest City, was a seamstress and a bookkeeper for Wilson Welding, and attended the Oak Hill Church of God.
Mrs. Wilson married Alva Wilson, and he preceded her in death in 2010. She is survived by one son, Donald Russell Poindexter of Texarkana, Texas; three daughters, Nellie Ashburn, Linda Wilson, and Jeanette Johnson, all of Forrest City; one half-sister, Eva Jack Benton of California; nine grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; 19 great-great-grandchildren; and one great-great-great-grandchild. She had three grandchildren, Linda Sue Parks, Russell Dale, and Randall Stover; and three great-grandchildren, Heath Wood, John Michael, and Jennifer, who all preceded her in death.
Services for Mrs. Wilson will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, at Stevens Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Forrest Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until service time on Monday. Stevens Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. You may log on to stevensfuneralhome.net for the online registry.
