St. Clair County Obits

MESA HELEN WIX

Hill & Son Funeral Home
Appleton City, Missouri
from Hill & Sons Funeral Home website
Masa Helen Wix, daughter of Matthew Harmon and Ellie D. (Smith) Williamson, was born October 13, 1908 in Gotoboe, Oklahoma. She departed this life January 22, 2008 at Ellett Memorial Hospital in Appleton City, Missouri at 99 years of age. Masa spent most of her life in the Appleton City, Missouri area. She was united in marriage to Wilber Weldon Wix February 27, 1930 in Clinton, Missouri. They were blessed with four children. Along with serving as a homemaker Mrs. Wix was worked as a cook 13 ½ years in the Appleton City School system. She was also employed by the Schlichtman Hatchery for 12 years. Masa enjoyed cooking, gardening and caring for her family. She especially liked to baby sit and read to her grandchildren, and later enjoyed watching them ride at horse shows. Masa was preceded in death by her husband; two infant sons, Joe Kelly and Ronald Kent; her daughter Patty Jeanine Cross who was tragically killed in an auto accident in 1969; one son-in-law, Kenny Cross; and six siblings Costa Weinell, Killough Williamson, Velta Parks, Bonnie Davis, Cleo McKinley, DeAnna McKinley and Maggie Williamson. Survivors include her son James Richard Wix of Clinton, Missouri; six grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
Service: Hill & Son Funeral Home in Appleton City, Missouri on Saturday, January 26, 2008 at 11:00 a.m.
Minister: Brother J.P. Williams
Visitation: Hill & Son Funeral Home in Appleton City, Missouri on Saturday, January 26, 2008 from 10:00 -
11:00 a.m.
Interment: Appleton City Cemetery in Appleton City,Missouri
Memorial: First Baptist Church