Nancy Wilder Obituary
Nancy Carol Gibson Wilder, 83 of Miracle, passed away on Friday, December 5, 2025, at her home. She was born in Detroit, Michigan on December 28, 1941, a daughter of Lionel Frederick and Ethel Mae Jordison Gibson. Nancy was a believer in the Baptist Faith and had been a member of the Bethlehem Baptist Church. She had been a homemaker.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Lewis Wilder; brothers, George Gibson, Melvin Gibson, James Gibson, Danny Gibson; and sisters, Sylvia Henderson and Alice Haywood.
Nancy is survived by her children and their spouses, Phyllis and Mark Clark, Lewis and Rebecca Wilder, Laurie and Jim Wilder, and Rodney and Patricia Wilder; eleven grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren; and a host of great-great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.
Private services were held at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Pineville, which is honored to serve the Wilder Family. Light a candle of remembrance and sign the guest register at www.arnettsteele.com.
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