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Evelyn Marie
Wilson
October 3, 1956 – February 17, 2012
Homegoing services for Mrs. Evelyn M. Anderson-Wilson of Tampa, who passed away on Friday, February 17, 2012, will be held on Saturday, March 3rd, 1:00 p.m. at Springhill M.B. Church, 8119 E. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Tampa, FL 33619, with Minister Gail Carpenter, officiating. Interment will be in Orange Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Evelyn Marie Anderson- Wilson was born on October 3, 1956 to the late Herschel Lee Anderson and to the late Evangelist Emma Lee Carpenter. She accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior at an early age. Evelyn shared years of holy matrimony with Mr. Leroy Wilson until her demise on February 17, 2012 at Brandon Hospital. She attended public school in Hillsborough County and was graduated of Robinson High School Class of 1975. Evelyn continued her education at Erwin Vo-Tech and became a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN). Dedicated and committed to the love nursing, she worked five years at Tampa General and twenty years at St. Joseph's Hospital. She was the vice president of the "Emma's Bunch" and the assistant recording secretary of the City Wide Mission Prayer Band. Later in Life, Evelyn began to focus her direct attention on two areas that are often unaided or overlooked. She dearly loved caring for the elderly and supporting the youth. She was also an active member of the Bucified & OLE Is Alive Dream Seeker Scholarship Program. Evelyn was one of the original residents of "Clair-Mel City" and she truly loved her community. Mrs. Evelyn Marie Anderson- Wilson was and will always be admired and loved by all who knew her. She will be remembered for her smile, words of encouragement, her loveable personality, and her willingness to care and help anyone who was in need. Mainly and most of all, she will be remembered for her love and belief in Jesus Christ and her servant's attitude of fulfilling his will and purpose for her life... FAITHFULLY. She leaves to cherish her loving and joyous memories with generations of loved ones: husband, Leroy Wilson; 2 sons, Michael Timothy Boone Jr. and Darmarquie "Jerome" Martin; 1 stepson-Dwayne Wilson; 8 grandchildren, Michael T. Boone III ( Lil Boone), MIkiese Boone (JuJu), Mykejah Boone ( Miss Boone), Sanay Boone (NayNay), Dwayne Wilson Jr., Sergio Wilson and Woody Wilson; 3 brothers-David (Vanessa) Owens, Albert (Bucified) Owens, and Timothy (Trendella) Carpenter; 4 sisters, Mary Young, Ruby Calhoun-Morris (preceded in death), Minister Gail Carpenter and Vickie (Danny) Carpenter-Duncan; 1 brother-in-law John B (Chris) Wilson II "Duke"; 2 sisters- in-law, Patsey W. Doe and Tiny (Henry) Clayton; godmother, Mrs. Dorothy York; 2 godsons, Mister Barthel and Tyrone Pittman; 2 goddaughters, Tammesha Pitts and Denisesha Pitts; devoted and longtime friends/neighbors, Pat and Johnny Barthel, Mr. Paul, Darlene and Collins Thomas, Lane Bergholt, Dorothy Cataldo, Anna Lynn, Veronica Moore, Dorothy McConico, Joanne Pitts, Debra Wiggins; and a great host of loving and devoted nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends and the best neighbors that all communities could wish for! The viewing will be held at Aikens Funeral Home on Friday, March 2nd from 5 to 8 p.m. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. The friends and family are asked to meet at the church for the service on Saturday.
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