PANSY WILSON

Published 12:00 am Friday, July 24, 2009

Pansy Pearl Wilson, 79, of Ironton, formerly of McRoberts, Ky., passed away Monday, July 13, 2009, at King’s Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, Ky., following a brief illness.
Pansy was born Oct. 21, 1929, a daughter of the late Henry and Emma Lipps Wilson.
She spent the first 67 years of her life in the home in McRoberts where she was born. Following the death if her mother in 1995 she made her home with her cousin, Janet Hanshaw, her husband, the late Rick Hanshaw, and their family in Ironton.
She will be missed by her aunts and a host of cousins. She brought laughter and joy to all who knew her.
Funeral services were Thursday, July 16 at Hemphill Baptist Church in Letcher County, Ky. Burial followed in Wise Cemetery in Wise, Va.
Local relatives attending the service were Janet Hanshaw and her son, Nick; Renee Roberts and her children, Breanna, Ciara and Brandon; Lena, Julia and Danny Clark; Edward Blevins, Melba Allen; Doris and Daniel West and their granddaughter, Marissa Sexton, Thelma Davis and Barbara and Mike Riley.
Arrangements were under the direction of Lucas and Sons Funeral Home.