Robert Wilson

Robert Wilson Robert E. Bob Wilson, 92, of Bovina died Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011, in Friona. Funeral services have been scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011, at the Bovina United Methodist Church in Bovina with the Rev. Larry Mitchell, pastor, officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in the Bovina Cemetery by Blackwell Funeral Home of Friona. Mr. Wilson was born Sept. 5, 1918, in Amarillo, Texas, to Frank Poyntz and Iris Guy Kirk Wilson. He married Althea Hastings Dec. 2, 1942, in Columbia, S.C. He served in the United States Army during WWII, attended Texas Tech, was an area farmer and rancher, part owner in the Bovina Feeders, a past director of the First Bank of Bovina, member of the Bovina United Methodist Church, where he held many church offices, and was a faithful choir member and singer in the Living Christmas Tree in Friona. He was preceded in death by his parents and by his wife. Survivors include three daughters, Ann Wilson-Kingsley of Albuquerque, N.M., Candy Dyer of Georgetown, Texas, and April Gober of Farwell; one son, Kregg Wilson of Bovina; one sister, Wanda Rogers of Friona; seven grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Memorials can be made to the Bovina United Methodist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 127, Bovina, TX 79009.