Doris Ann Ray Wilson

Doris Ann Ray Wilson was born on April 10, 1940, in Bethel Springs, Tennessee to the late Odis Ray and Lessie Mae Causey Ray. She departed this life peacefully at the home of her daughter in Jackson, Tennessee on September 2, 2025. She attended school at Rose Creek in Bethel Springs and was a 1959 graduate of Selmer High School in Selmer, Tennessee. She was a faithful member of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church in Bethel Springs, Tennessee where she served in many different areas throughout her life.

On August 26, 1966, she married Paul Davis Wilson, and they made their home on the family farm in Bethel Springs, Tennessee. Paul and Doris had two daughters. Doris became a full-time homemaker and helped Paul manage the farm. She helped in the planting and harvesting of the crops, feeding, and tending livestock and caring for the family home. She always had a large garden and worked tirelessly canning and preserving food for the family. She was also a very talented seamstress. She made beautiful quilts and clothes for her family. Often, when the girls were little, she would take a sketch pad and pencil and drive to town to sketch the latest style in the storefront, go buy some fabric and in a few hours have two beautiful dresses made for the girls.

Doris is survived by two daughters, Jo Doris Price and husband Keith of Selmer, TN and Polly Brasher and husband William of Jackson, TN; a grandson, Peter Allen Brasher of Jackson, TN; a brother, Clinnon Ray of Jackson, TN; a sister, Lou Zena Wilson of Selmer, TN; nieces, nephews, cousins, other extended family and special friends, Mark and Gigi Salenga.

Doris was preceded in death by her husband, Paul D. Wilson, her parents, Odis & Lessie Ray, a sister, Lavern Ray, a brother Ward Ray and a niece, Donna Sue Brooks.

The family extends special thanks to Comfort Keepers of Jackson, Sue Miliken, Casey Hays and Jaye Morgan for their kindness and excellent care during Doris’s illness. A special thank you to Baptist Hospice for their care and kindness.