WILBERT HARRIS WILSON

WILBERT “CHILL” HARRIS WILSON, SR., a New Orleans native, passed away on Thursday, December 26, 2019, at the age of 51.  He leaves behind his loving wife, Joyce Kelly Wilson, his mother Leontine Winding Dennis, four sons: Wilbert (Cierra) Jr., Marcus, Willie Wilson, and Canaan Cavalier; two brothers: Russell (Debra) Patterson, Jr., Herman (Nicole) Dennis, Jr.; four sisters:  Phyllis and Michelle Patterson, Marquitta Gaines, and Theresa Wilson Cole,  mother in law Diana Lynn Kelly,  two sisters in law:  Marilyn (Kelvin) Ross and Antoinette Kelly, six grandchildren:  Willow, Wesley, Winton, Whitney, Bailey, and Willie Wilson, two goddaughters:  Khloe and Kaylin Thomas, godparents:  Lorrine and Leonard White, two uncles:  Donald Ray Nunnery and Jessie Bates, 3 aunts:  Mildred E. Richardson, Patricia Winding, and Cornelius Stevens, a special Aunt and Uncle Rowanner and Pastor James Bernard Allen, Patrick Johnson who he mentored like a father, and a host of other relatives and friends. Wilbert was preceded in death by his father Willie “Schoolboy” Wilson, sister Harriet P. Cass, brother Willie M. Wilson, uncles:  Morris Bates, Carl Bates, Roosevelt Nunnery and nephew Johnny Kelly, Sr., brothers in life are:  Corey, Emanuel "Dooney", Reginald, Ernest, Ryan, Mike, Dwayne, Ernskin, Louis, Joel, Craig, Josh "The Barber", and Dwight Bell.         

Family, Members of the Crescent City Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association, and all funeral homes of Orleans, Jefferson and surrounding parishes,  friends near and far, and Community are invited to the Homegoing Celebration on Saturday, January 4, 2020, at Franklin Avenue Baptist Church, 2515 Franklin Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70117, with Elder Donald L. Robinson of Marine and Mt. Moriah Community Church officiating.   Visitation will be from 8:00 a.m. until the time of Service 9:00 a.m., Interment Providence Memorial Park, Metairie, LA.  Arrangements entrusted to Dennis Funeral Home (504) 899-8252.  Please visit us at:  www.dennismortuaryservice.com.