The funeral for Oneita Wilson, 82, will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church in Cherokee with the Rev. Tom Cooksey officiating. Burial will follow at Cherokee Municipal Cemetery with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Cherokee. Visitation will be today from 2 to 6 p.m. and Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the funeral home.
She was born June 16, 1923, in Marland to Ralph Henry Cobb and Mary Elizabeth Ehler Cobb. She died May 26, 2006, in Enid. She graduated from Perry High School and married Robert Wilson on June 3, 1943, in Cherokee. She worked as a bookkeeper at Farmer’s Co-op for 41 years. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Cherokee and a member of Eastern Star. She was a Girl Scout leader and helped at Cub Scout camps and the Boy Scouts Explorer Post. She was a volunteer for Meals on Wheels and Ministerial Alliance Thrift Shop.
Survivors include her husband, Robert, of Cherokee; one daughter, Roberta Berry, of Cherokee; two grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
