This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wilson, Ash, Burns, Fowler, Watson, Kessler, Watson Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plB.2ACI/3416 Message Board Post: MARILYN 'ASH' WILSON Funeral services for Marilyn "Ash" Wilson, 63, of Palacios, were held Aug. 15, 2005 at the First Baptist Church in Palacios with Rev. Hollas Hoffman officiating. A graveside funeral service was held at Gonzales Masonic Cemetery in Gonzales, Tx. Mrs. Wilson was born March 4, 1942 in Baytown, TX to the late Herman and Ruth Marie Burns Ash. She died Aug. 10, 2005 at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, TX. Mrs. Wilson was a member of the First Baptist Church in Palacios, a resident of Palacios the past 2-1/2 years and a former longtime resident of Dallas. She was a member of the Palacios Chamber of Commerce, Palacios Area Historical Association and a board member beginning in 2005, incoming Athena Club president, and Century Club member of Friends of the Palacios Library. She organized the Red Hat Ladies, was a volunteer at the Palacios Community Medical Center and was a school mentor. She is survived by three daughters and two sons-in-law: Ranelle Fowler of Dallas, TX, Eve and John Watson of Woodstock, GA, and Sarentha and Rob Kessler of Palacios; step-son Greg Wilson of Austin; step-daughter Amy Wilson both of Austin, TX; brother Paul Ash of Baytown, TX; and six grandchildren: Jake Wilson of Takoma Park, MD, Audry, Timothy and Daisy Kessler all of Palacios, and Matthew and Hanna Watson of Woodstock, GA. She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald E. Wilson. Pallbearers were David Harrup, Boogie Davis, Wayne Dodd, Charles Bailey, Don Landry, Rodney Girndt, Jake Wilson and Dale Seaman. Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church, Palacios, TX 77465. Arrangements with Palacios Funeral Home, Palacios, TX (361)972-2012. Palacios Beacon August 17, 2005 Matagorda County, Texas