Hall Taylor Funeral Home
Melvin H. Wilson, age 88, of New Port Richey, Florida, formerly of Tupelo and of Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, died on Monday, the 11th day of November, 2024.
Born on the 6th day of August in 1936, in Tupelo, Mississippi, he was the son of the late Harvey E. and Johnny Marie Smith Wilson. At the age of seventeen he left Tupelo and moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky to attend the Bowling Green College of Commerce. During his second year of college he was drafted into the US Navy and proudly served his country aboard the USS Saint Paul, the flagship of the seventh fleet. He returned to college after his military service ended and graduated in 1960 with a degree in business.
Melvin worked in the insurance adjusting and risk management business in Kentucky for forty years. In 1970, he opened Big Sandy Claims Service in Pikeville, Kentucky. Twenty years later he founded M. Wilson and Associates in Lexington, Kentucky as well as Equine Adjusters, Inc. For many years, he was also involved in politics and government during the administrations of both Governor John Y. Brown, Jr., and Governor Martha Layne Collins. In 1999, he sold his companies and retired to his farm in Anderson County where he tended his half-acre organic garden. He spent his winters in New Port Richey, Florida. Besides gardening, Melvin enjoyed fishing and playing golf with his friends in both Florida and Kentucky.
His survivors include his wife, Dr. Pamela Graber, two sons Melvin Wilson Jr. (and wife, Rachelle) and Mark Wilson, and daughter Maggie Wilson.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 A.M., on Saturday, the 7th day of December, 2024, at the Lawrenceburg United Methodist Church in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. Visitation will be before the service from 9:30 A.M. until 10:45 A.M at the church. Melvin's ashes will be buried in the family plot in Tupelo, Mississippi.
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