LEONA CARTER WILSON

LAMAR- Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Konantz Warden Funeral Home for Leona Carter Wilson Sweetser, 85, who died Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. Burial will be at Oak Grove Cemetery in Oakton.

Visitation will be held prior to the service, beginning at 10 a.m.

Donations, in lieu of flowers, can be made to Lighthouse Tabernacle in Pittsburg, Kan. The family has invited those attending to join them for a meal at the Lighthouse Tabernacle after the service.

The obituary may be viewed and condolences sent online at www.konantzwarden.com.

Survivors include her sons, Lonnie Joe Wilson and wife Sherry, Ronnie Joe Wilson and wife Shirley, Gary Dean Wilson and wife Christine and Jackie Lee Wilson and wife Sammie; seven grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; two brothers, Gerald Dean Carter and Johnnie Carter; a sister, Darlene Bell and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by a brother, George Carter, Jr.

Mrs. Wilson was born August 6, 1934, in Mindenmines, to George Washington and Hazel Caroline (Wells) Carter. She grew up and went to school in Lamar. She was a very caring person who took care of people as a CNA. She especially loved children and animals and was a foster mom.