Edgar Wilson;67;of 104 Grata Ave.;Arnold City;Belle Vernon;died Wednesday;Oct.13;1993;at 6:18 a.m. in Mon Valley Hospital;Carroll Township;after a lengthy illness. Mr.Wilson was born June 27;1926;in Homestead;a son of the late Andrew and Izora Wilson. He retired after 42 years of service with Beth-Energy Mines Corporation in Ellsworth. Mr.Wilson had been a resident of Arnold City for most of his life. He was a member of the Antioch Baptist Church;Belle Vernon;serving on the Deacon and Trustee boards of the church for a number of years. Mr.Wilson also served as church treasurer;president of the building fund;and assistant superintendent of the Sunday School. He was also a Sunday School teacher and a member of the church choir. Mr.Wilson also belonged to Mt.Calvary Baptist Church in Monessen and The Voices of Faith within the church. He was a member of the Monessen Lodge No.79;F&AM P.H.A.;the Senior Action Council and the Friends Club. Mr.Wilson also was a member of the Executive Board of the Monongahela Valley Branch;NAACP;and had served on its Ways and Means Committee. He had served as a member of the U.S.Army Medical Corps during World War II. Surviving are his wife;Dorothy Moore Wilson;whom he married Oct.20;1956;four sons;Edgar Wilson of Highland;Calif.;Conrad (and daughter-in-law Cynthia) Wilson of Torrence;Calif.;Craig Wilson a home and Lance Wilson of Oxon Hill;Md.;two sisters;Mrs.Finley (Izora) Carson of Arnold City and Mary Ann Goff of Charleroi;two grandsons;Trevor Wilson of San Bernardino;Calif.;and Quincy Wilson of Waldorf;Md. A brother;Andrew Wilson;a sister;Rebecca Dupree;and a daughter;Cheryl Wilson;are deceased. Friends will be received Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. in the William R.Taylor Funeral Home;645 McMahon Ave.;Monessen;and on Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the Antioch Baptist Church;Henry and Highlands avenues;Belle Vernon. Services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. in the church with the Rev.Clifford Carter;pastor;Antioch Baptist Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Monessen Lodge No.79;F&AM P.H.A.will conduct services Friday at 8 p.m. in the church. The William R.Taylor Funeral Home;Trudy Taylor Jamison;director;is handling arrangements.

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