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Billy Bun

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Wilson

November 5, 1926 – July 19, 2014

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Funeral service 2:00PM Wednesday at McEvoy Funeral Home with Bro. Jerry Lee officiating, burial will follow at Hazel Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers are Johnny Wilson, Stuart Scott, John Rudolph, Billy Atkins, Rex Paschall and Dan Paschall. Doc Richardson, Joe Atkins and Roger Thrasher will serve as honorary pallbearers. Visitation 4:00 - 8:00PM Tuesday and after 11:00AM Wednesday. Survived by a son: Wayne (Emily) Wilson, Paris; sister: Marjorie McCree; brother: W.H. "Dub" (Velma Lax) Wilson, Paducah, KY; grandchildren: Allie Wilson, Trent Wilson, Madilyn Wilson, Lisa Wilson and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Preceded by his parents: W.H. "Bun" and Katie Venable Wilson; sisters: Lela Atkins, Edna Earl Wilson, Marie Paschall, Kitty Wilson, Rebecca Wilson, Vera Wilson; brothers: Carl Wilson, Wayne Wilson, Noble Wilson and Bernard Wilson. Country Musics Bun Wilson played, sang and performed comedy and was revered as a "Legend" by some of Country Musics greatest artists. He appeared on the Ernest Tubbs Television Show, the Phillip Morris Show and was a regular performer at Renfro Valley until retirement. He has been friends with and performed since the 1940s with greats like Mel Tillis, Willie Nelson, Little Jimmie Dickens, Red Sovine and many, many more. Bun traveled and performed far and wide but was always a Christian man, who loved his family and a Baptist by faith.
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