Funeral service for Joseph “Joey” Andrew Wilson was February 27, 2025 at Wilson Mortuary Chapel, Salem, with Pastor Jim Privett officiating.
Interment was in the Pilgrim’s Rest Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Jessie Wilson, Kirk Wilson, Eli Maley, Owen Maley, William Counts, Chris Szymanski, Tyler Avery, and Scotty Knaack.
Mr. Wilson was born October 26, 1978 in Cobb County, Georgia, to Benjamin Sr. and Joyce (Russell) Wilson. He was engaged to April Counts and gained three children. Mr. Wilson died February 21, 2025 in Salem at the age of 46 years.
Survivors include his mother, Joyce Wilson, Salem; significant other, April Counts, Salem; children, Emma, William, and Rebecca Counts; siblings, Mary Anne Twomey and husband, Robert, Salem; Benjamin Wilson Jr. and wife, Renee, Temple, Georgia; and Andrea Maley and husband, Ben, Salem; and a host of nieces, nephews, extended family and friends.
Preceding him in death were his father; and grandmothers, Mary Elizabeth Wilson and Mary Lou Russell.
