Obituary: Anita Madrine Wilson of New Orleans and Eugene Oregon

Anita Madrine Wilson, age 90, of New Orleans, and recently of Eugene, Oregon, passed away at 3:40 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at the Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield, Oregon. 

Anita was born July 16, 1928, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas. She moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, with her family in 1945. She was preceded in death by her parents, Collie Bryan Wilson and Gladys Gray Wilson, and a brother, Collie Bryan Wilson, Jr. She is survived by her brother, Robert Edward Wilson, of Eugene, Oregon, and his wife, Jean Merrill Wilson, six nieces and nephews, 20 great nieces and nephews, and a growing number of great-great nieces and nephews. 

Anita is a graduate of LSU in Baton Rouge and was a member of the Delta Gamma sorority there. She was employed for eight years as a Service Representative of the Southern Bell Telephone Company, then at Charity Hospital in New Orleans for 30 years on a NIH grant as a Social Worker until retirement in June, 1988. 

She served as Regent of the DAR Spirit of '76 chapter (2000 to 2002), and also a member of the Freedom Foundation of Valley Forge, the Speaks Family Association, and the Prime Timers at Rayne Church. Anita was skilled at needle point and cross stitchery and created several masterpieces. 

Anita loved music, and was a faithful member of Rayne Memorial United Methodist Church since 1945 and taught Sunday School there. She sang in the Chancellor Choir for 65 years (since 1953) — a church record!

A graveside service was held in Anita's honor on Wednesday, March 27th, at Rest Haven Memorial cemetery, 3900 Willamette St., Eugene, Oregon, where she was laid to rest next to her parents. Arrangements were directed by Musgrove Mortuary of Eugene, Oregon.

Published in The Times-Picayune from Mar. 31 to Apr. 3, 2019