Rella Wilson

Rella Stiles Wilson, formerly of Tellico Plains, Tenn. and a resident of East Ridge and Rossville for the past 50 years, died Sunday in a local nursing home. She was 88.

She was of the Seventh Day Adventist faith and a member of the Eastern Star - Lookout Valley Chapter. She retired from Olan Mills Lunchroom on Carter Street.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Virgil Wilson and a granddaughter, Brenda Dooley.

Survivors include a son, Martell Dooley of Rossville; sister, Ruby Cummings, Fort Oglethorpe, brother, Leroy Stiles, Cincinnati, Ohio; granddaughter, Cindy Whigham, Lawrenceville, Ga., and several nieces and nephews.

Graveside services will be today at 12 p.m. at Lakewood Memory Gardens, South.

Arrangements are by W.L. Wilson and Sons Funeral Home, Fort Oglethorpe.