Bernice WILSON^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1916 - 2014  (97 years)

• Name	Bernice WILSON
  Birth	17 Oct 1916	Decatur, Wise, Texas, United States   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1920	Wise, Texas, United States   [2]
  	Role: Household Member
  Residence	1930	Denton, Denton, Texas, United States   [1]
  	Role: Household Member
  _UID	A2FFEC162BE1402B98E185B33C5C1BFF7D86
  Death	10 Apr 2014	Texas, United States
  Burial	Pleasanton, Atascosa, Texas, United States
  	Address: Pleasanton City Cemetery
  Person ID	I8566	Stockton
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	Herbert Bumpass WILSON,   b. 9 Jul 1888, Texas, United States d. 8 Apr 1958, Denton, Denton, Texas, United States (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Sallie W. RENSHAW,   b. 14 Apr 1887, Tennessee United States d. 4 Jun 1973, Carrollton, Dallas, Texas, United States (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	2 Oct 1909	Wise, Texas, United States   [5]
  Family ID	F2852	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William James EVERITT,   b. 25 Sep 1908, Lufkin, Angelina, Texas, United States d. 21 Jun 2001, Pleasanton, Atascosa, Texas, United States (Age 92 years)
  Children	1. William McMaster EVERITT,   b. 25 Dec 1942, Atascosa, Texas, United States d. 9 Nov 2005 (Age 62 years)   2. James Herbert EVERITT
  Family ID	F2853	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Bernice Wilson Everitt, 97 Obituaries San Antonio Express-News (TX) - Thursday, April 10, 2014 Bernice Wilson Everitt beloved mother grandmother sister aunt and friend entered eternal rest on Tuesday April 8 2014 at the age of 97 at Valley Grande Manor Nursing Home in Weslaco Texas. She was born on October 17 1916 near Decatur Texas to Herbert B. Wilson and Sally Renshaw Wilson. The family moved to Denton Texas when she was five years old. Bernice grew up in Denton Texas and graduated from Texas Woman's University with a B. A. in history and education. She later received her Master's Degree in Counseling and Guidance from Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio Texas and did graduate work at the University of Denver and University of Texas in Austin Texas. She fulfilled her lifelong ambition to be a teacher at age 18 in Barnhart Texas. She then went to teach at Fort Stockton Texas before going to Pleasanton Texas where she met and married her husband of 61 years Bill Everitt. Her last 23 years were spent in counseling in the North East School District in San Antonio Texas. She also taught Counseling and Guidance courses at the graduate level at Our Lady of the Lake University. She retired in 1982 after forty years of teaching. Bernice was a member and past president of the following organizations: Alamo Mission Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas North San Antonio Retired Teachers District 20 Texas Retired Teachers Association Epsilon Beta Chapter Delta Kappa Gamma and Alamo Heights United Methodist Women. She was also a member of the San Antonio de Bexar Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and of Alamo Heights Methodist Church where she served on the Board and was a rotating teacher of the Kum Dubblers Class. After retiring from education her hobbies became oil painting and genealogy. She made beautiful paintings of San Antonio historical sites and landscapes. As a result of her research in genealogy she wrote two family histories. One was on her mother's family and was titled "Renshaw Cousins" and the second one was on her husband's family and was titled "Stephen H. Everitt a Texas Hero". Bernice was preceded in death by her beloved husband William J. Everitt (Bill) in 2001 and her son William McMaster (Billy Mac) in 2005. She was also preceded in death by her parents and four brothers. She is survived by her son James H. Everitt (Jeanne) and three grandchildren Jason (Monica) Everitt Jeffrey (Araceli) Everitt and Julie Everitt as well as seven great-grandchildren Sharon Everitt Ryan Everitt Nolan Everitt Ivan Everitt Miranda Jean Everitt Hayley Hoover and Ashlyn Hoover all of Weslaco Texas. She is also survived by a daughter-in-law June Everitt of San Antonio Texas two sisters Doris Tipps of Carrollton Texas and Elisabeth Cogdill of Bonita California sister-in-law Mertice Wilson of Waelder Texas and numerous nieces and nephews. The family would like to thank Dr. Roger Heredia Dr. Alejandro Fuentes and Dr. Donna Mery at Mid Valley Family Practice in Weslaco Texas for the excellent care given to Bernice during her final years. They would also like to thank the personnel staff of Valley Grande Manor Nursing Home for the loving care given to Bernice for the past three years. A special thanks is extended to Betty Estrada who provided love and care to Bernice for about twenty-eight years while she lived in San Antonio Texas. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Thursday April 10 2014 at Sunset Funeral Home 1701 Austin Highway in San Antonio Texas. The funeral service will be at 10:00 a.m. on Friday April 11 2014 at Alamo Heights United Methodist Church 825 E. Basse Road in San Antonio Texas. Graveside service will be at 1:30 p.m. at the Pleasanton City Cemetery. Local arrangements were made by McCaleb Funeral Home in Weslaco Texas. San Antonio Express-News (Texas) 10 April 2014, obit for EVERITT BERNICE, GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/14D312684209E578-14D312684209E578 : accessed 15 April 2020)

  
  

• Sources

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