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• Hij is geboren op 4 september 1900 in Pisgah, North Carolina.
• Hij is overleden op 19 oktober 1948, hij was toen 48 jaar oud.
• Een kind van William McArthur Wilson en Sarah Jane Wylie
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 28 oktober 2005.

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Hij had een relatie met Mary Beverly Harrison.

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Notities over Brown Wylie Wilson

Brown's obituary in The Gastonia Gazette states that he died at
1:30 a.m.on October 20, 1948 (not Oct. 19). However, inasmuch as
10/20 was aWednesday and the funeral was on Thursday, I suspect
the newspaper is inerror.
The article further states that he was a veteran of both
World Wars and aprominent business man and philanthropist of
Gastonia. Apparently he had twoheart attacks in rapid
succession.
Rev. W. C. Cravner, rector of St. Mark's Episcopal Church
officiated atthe funeral, which was held at home. He is buried
in Oakwood cemetery. Thearticle states that he was born in
McAdenville. I am beginning to wonder ifMcAdenville and Pisgah
are one and the same.
He graduated from Gastonia High School and attended Lenoir
College atHickory where he was a member of the Students' Army
Training Corps, in whichcapacity he enlisted in World War I.
Later he attended Massey's BusinessCollege at Richmond.
He entered WWII on September 17, 1942, with the rank of
captain. Heserved with the Prisoner of War Intelligence in
England and Africa,transferring in June, 1943, to the executive
offices of the 49th Squadron.2nd Bomb Group. He was placed on
inactive status as a major July 11, 1944.He was awarded the
European-African Theater Ribbon with three bronze stars,the
Legion of Merit, and Victory Ribbons.
He served as commander of Gaston Post No. 23 American Legion
and waskeenly interested in American Legion Junior baseball. He
served the NC Dept.of the American Legion as state athletic
officer, directing the Juniorbaseball program. For many years
Mr. Wilson was connected with professionalbaseball as a scout for
the Boston Red Sox and the Philadelphia Phils. Hewas a close
friend of Bill Terry, New York Giants' great, and of HerbPennock,
one of baseball's immortals. He was given much of the credit
forthe development of Gaston County's J. K. (Buddy) Lewis. It
was on Mr.Wilson's recommendation that Lewis was given a tryout
with the New YorkGiants in 1935. Later he and Lewis became
business associates. It was agift of land from Mr. Wilson that
started Sims Legion Park. He made the giftin honor of "Sonny"
Sims, a flyer who was killed in World War II.
His first business relationship was a position with Southern
Railway in1919. The following year he went to work for W. N.
Pharr & Co. and remainedthere until 1924, when he established
Wilson Cotton Company in Lenoir. Thatfirm operated for three
years.
In 1927 he joined Cook & Co., one of the South's largest
cotton firms,opening an office in Gastonia. He remained there
until he rejoined themilitary in 1942. After the war he
established Wilson Sales Corporation, acotton merchandising firm
which he headed at the time of his death. He wasone of the
organizers of Lewis Motors, Inc.; was president of
PiedmontInvestment Company, a real estate holding corporation; a
director of CitizensNational Bank; chairman of the board of
trustees of Gaston Memorial Hospital;and a member of the board of
trustees of Sims Legion Park.
Probably Mr. Wilson's outstanding contribution to the life of
hiscommunity was initiation of a movement to establish a modern
and enlargedhospital as a memorial to Gaston's war heroes. He
gave much of his time andthought to this project.
He was a member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church and the Elks
Club. Hishobbies were golfing, aviation, and travel. Brown
Wilson was the type of manwho attracted friends by the charm of
his personality.

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