Frankie Lee Wilson

June 17, 1948 - December 28, 2020

Frankie Lee Wilson, 72, a resident of Grove passed away at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Missouri on Monday, December 28, 2020 surrounded by family. Frankie was born on June 17, 1948 in Miami, Oklahoma to John Henry and Helen (Clark) Wilson. After graduating high school, he attended NEO A&M College where he attained his Associates Degree. Mr. Wilson was a Veteran of the United States Army. He worked for twenty five years as the directors at Kids R First Day Care. He also was a volunteer Firefighter and on their board. He raced cars and enjoyed NASCAR; he also had a love for traveling, vacation planning, life and his family and grand kids. He was known as PaPa to everyone. Mr. Wilson was preceded in passing by his mom and dad, John and Helen Wilson, his brother Dick Powers, his sister Carol McKibben and a son-in-law Robert Sherer Jr. Survivors include his wife of fifty-two years Ruth Ann (Vaughn) Wilson, his two daughters Michelle Johnson and her husband Shawn and Sandy Wilson, his granddaughters Ashley Denney and her husband Andy and Paege Johnson, his grandsons, Bradley Fitzgibbon, Tyler Johnson and Zackary Shendo, his sister Karen Anderson and her husband Joe, Ella Welch and her husband Danny along with two great granddaughters Emerie Denny and Andilyn Denny and many friends and other relatives. There will be a New Year’s Eve Celebration of Life 2:00 PM, Thursday, December 31, 2020 at New Day Church in North Miami. Interment will follow at the Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery in Miami with Fort Sill’s Funeral Honors Team providing Military Honors. Services have been placed in the care of Brown-Winters Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Miami. Friends and family may send the family notes of encouragement by viewing Mr. Wilson’s Tribute Page at www.brown-winters.com.