Nora Eskes - Ariton, Ala.

Wednesday, May 16, 2001

Nora B. Wilson Eskes, 87, of Ariton, Ala., died Tuesday, May 8, 2001, at her daughter's residence in Ozark, Ala. She was born at Monette and lived at Ariton for three years formerly of Holland, Mich., and Monette. She was a homemaker and member of the Monette Assembly of God.

She is survived by three daughters, Linda Kuite and Shirley Conroy, both of Holland, Mich., and Brucell Crawley of Ariton, Ala.; four sons, Billy Wilson, James Wilson and Wayne Wilson, all of Holland, Mich., and Lester Wilson of St. Louis, Mo.; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husbands, Lester Bruce Wilson and John Eskers; two brothers, Jesse Peete and Daverl Peete; three sisters, Edith Cleghorn, Ora Haile, and Grace Blake.

The funeral was held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Gregg Funeral Home Chapel in Monette with Rev. Carl Blankenship officiating. Burial was in the Monette Cemetery with Gregg Funeral Home of Monette in charge.