Leland Earl Wilson

The family will receive friends during visitation at Shannon Rufe Snow Funeral Chapel on Saturday, December 5, 2020 from 1:30pm to 2:30pm. Graveside with Military Honors will follow at Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park.

Leland was born on March 16, 1926 to Dewey and Bertha Wilson in Sunset, Texas. After completing high school in Comanche, Oklahoma Leland was drafted into the United States Army in June 1944 ,re-enlisted, and honorably discharged in 1947. Leland served in the 101st Airborne.

While serving in Germany, Leland met and married Margret Schmidt. After returning to the United States, they settled in Fort Worth, Texas. He will be dearly missed by those blessed to have called him a caring father, loving grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend.

He is preceded in death by his wife of 69 years, Margret Wilson; his parents, Dewey and Bertha Wilson; son, Corky Wilson; and brother, Oran Wilson.

Left to cherish his memory are his children, Sue Adams and Scott Wilson; two sisters; 6 grandchildren (Corey and Chad Wilson, Chris Adams ad Ashley Vick, Drew and Olivia Wilson) and 9 great-grand children (Hudson, Brenan, and Pierson Vick; Landon and Claire Wilson; Annabella and Cohen Adams; Reagan and Reese Wilson).