Lizzie Ann (Olivia) Wilson Hamilton

Lizzie Ann (Olivia) Wilson Hamilton, 98, died Sunday, March 13, 2012, at Drew Memorial Hospital in Monticello, Ark. She was born Feb. 6, 1914, to the late John and Emma Harris Wilson in Drew County. Educated in the Loggy Bayou Community, she was employed by the Selma School System as a cook for over 30 years. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star and Sixteen Section M.B. Church of Selma. She was preceded in death by her husband, David Hamilton, three children, Barbara Parker, Elvin Hamilton, and Betty Ellzey, four brothers, Gus, Robert, Julius, and John Willie Wilson, and five sisters, Lee Wilson, Minnie Kinermon, Mattie Everett, Essie Lucas and Lonzetta Smith. Survivors include two daughters, Dorothy Reddish of Selma, Ark., and Eddie Muldrow of Gardena, Calif.; a son-in-law, William Ellzey, Sr. of Chicago, Ill.; a daughter-in-law, Barbara Ann Hamilton of Fountain Hill, Ark.; 14 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren, and 17 great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Sunday, May 20 at 2 p.m. at Sixteen Section M.B. Church with the Rev. G.H. Toney officiating. Burial will be in the Sixteen Section Cemetery with arrangements by Christian Brothers Funeral Home of Monticello.