Spring Hope..................Hulda Strickland Wilson, 99, passed away Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at her home. Funeral services will be Sunday, April 7, 2019 at 2:30 pm at Oak Dale Cemetery, Spring Hope. Dr. Benjamin Quinn will conduct the service. Visitation with the family will be 1:00 to 2:00 PM at Spring Hope Funeral Home Sunday prior to the service at the cemetery. Mrs. Wilson was married to Howard Cecil Wilson in 1945. They made their home outside Spring Hope. She and Howard spent many happy hours fishing on the piers at Atlantic Beach. She graduated from Edward Best High School and earned a teaching degree from East Carolina Teachers College (now East Carolina University) in 1942. She taught high school at Gold Sand, Spring Hope, Middlesex, and Southern Nash. Most of those years she taught Home Economics, cooking, and clothing construction to countless girls and quite a few boys. She was preceded in death by her husband, Howard Cecil Wilson, parents; Arthur and Clara Benton Strickland; brothers: Theron and Carl Strickland, sisters: Mattie Lee Stallings, Estelle Pearce, Margaret Strickland and Helen Anderson. She was also preceded in death by her daughter, Jane Moss and grandchildren Allen Moss and Larry Moss. Mrs. Wilson leaves to cherish her memory two sons H. Cecil Wilson, Jr. (Beverly) and Edgar Wilson; grandchildren: Jamie Lynn Hare, Kevin Moss, Andrew Wilson, Robert (Bob) Wilson, Jason Wilson, Mack Wilson, and Sarah Stallman. She also leaves eleven great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made to Holly Grove Baptist Church, 1640 Holly Grove Road, Spring Hope, NC 27882 or Peachtree Baptist Church, 3523 North Hwy. 581, Spring Hope, NC 27882. Funeral arrangements entrusted to Spring Hope Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made to www.springhopefh.com To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Hulda Strickland Wilson please visit our Sympathy Store.
Visitation
APR 7. 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (EDT)
Spring Hope Funeral Home
7881 Webbs Mill Rd
Spring Hope, NC, 27882
[email protected]
https://springhopefh.com
Service
APR 7. 2:30 PM (EDT)
Oakdale Cemetery
NC, 27882
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