Ann Wilson

1943 - 2023

Ann Settles Wilson, age 79 passed away peacefully Wednesday, February 8, 2023 at Northside Hospital Cherokee after a long fought battle with leukemia. Ann was born March 2, 1943, in Cuthbert, Georgia to Luther Ernest and Adrianna Bacon Settles. She graduated from Shellman High School in Shellman, Georgia. She was a third-generation graduate of the Women's College of Georgia at Milledgeville, now known as Georgia College, with degrees in French and English and an education certificate. She subsequently earned a master's degree from Georgia College in English and Reading and an Education Specialist Degree from the University of Georgia.

Ann taught English at several public and private high schools, Darton College, and for the last 20 years before retirement at Albany Technical College. Ann and Allen retired in 2005 and moved from Albany, Georgia to the mountains of the Bent Tree Community near Jasper, Georgia to be near their children and grandchildren.

She is survived by her husband of 53 years of Allen Wilson of Jasper, Georgia; son, Martin Wilson and his wife Beverly of Big Canoe, Georgia; daughter, Adrianna Wilson Cumby and her husband Will of Johns Creek, Georgia; grandchildren, Lauren Wilson, Nathan Wilson, Blake Wilson, Liam Cumby, and Archer Cumby; brothers, Ernie Settles, Bill Settles, Bob Settles; sister, Ruth Levesque; and many other loving family members.

Ann was a member of the Holy Family Episcopal Church where she was an avid book club member and a volunteer member of the Flower Guild. She was also a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma Educational Society, Georgia Retired Educators Association, Pickens County Retired Educators Association, and the Niners Golf Group of Bent Tree. She enjoyed reading, gardening, playing golf, living in Bent Tree, and spending time with family.

A funeral service is planned for Saturday February 18, 2023, at 1pm at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Family in Jasper, Georgia. The family will receive friends in the Parish Hall following the service. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that any donations be made to the Episcopal Church of the Holy Family Outreach or your favorite local charity.

Arrangements are entrusted to the Staff of Roper Funeral Home and Crematory. An online obituary and register are available at www.roperfuneralhome.com.