OBITUARY: Mattie C. Willie

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Mattie C. Willie

On Wednesday evening, October 27, 2021, Mattie Willie of Nashville, Tennessee passed away at the age of 96.

Mattie was born in Lake Village, Arkansas on December 5, 1924 and raised in Vicksburg, Mississippi in the large and loving Wilkerson family. As a beautiful and vibrant teenager, she met and married Lloyd Willie in 1939 and relocated to his hometown of Nashville, Tennessee. The couple had one child, David Willie. Mattie embodied the attributes of both old world Southern charm and the active lifestyle of a modern woman: golfing, water-skiing, and riding her motorcycle well into her 50’s. She was a devoted wife, mother, and friend. Her love for social events was best exhibited in the particular care she took with the artful centerpieces and favors she designed for her various clubs and political organizations. She loved a good joke, singing gospel music and she adored her spiritual home at Bellevue Baptist Church.

Mattie was preceded in death by her parents Beatrice & George Wilkerson, her brothers Charles & George Wilkerson, her sisters Kate Metz & Ruth Moore, her husband Lloyd R Willie, her son David Willie, and her grandson Michael Willie.

She is survived by her sister Beatrice Cameron, her grandchildren David Willie Jr & Lori Bervoets, her nieces and nephews Sheri Cameron, Kim Gill, Brenda Koestler, David Wilkerson, Richard Wilkerson, Mary Jane Solomon & Betty Stout, her great-nieces and nephews Amber Koestler Garger, Rebecca Gamsby, Cameron Gill Davis, Bradley Gill, Caitlin Berry, Chase Koestler, Clay Koestler, David Wilkerson, Randi Pennington, Eliot Wilkerson, George Wilkerson, and Gordon Wilkerson.

A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM at the Woodlawn-Roesch-Patton Funeral Home & Memorial Park (660 Thompson Lane, Nashville, TN 37204) Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.Woodlawn-Roesch-PattonFH.com for the Willie family.

 

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