Harold Philip “Phil” Wilson, 67, of Atmore, died Monday, June 1, 2020.
Mr. Wilson was born July 3, 1952, to Harold Q. and Shirley Jean Wheat Wilson, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. A graduate of Auburn University where he earned a bachelor's in forestry, he was a retired forester from the Alabama Forestry Commission with more than 25 years of service. He later worked for the Mississippi Forestry Commission before he retired a second time, having planted more than one billion seedlings in the State of Alabama. He was of the Baptist faith.
The funeral was held at 11 a.m., Saturday, June 6, at the Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Guy Heath officiating. Burial followed at Walnut Hill Baptist Church Cemetery with Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home directing.
Mr. Wilson is survived by his wife, Sandra Ziglar Wilson of Atmore; two daughters, Aime Elizabeth Wilson and Kelsey Alyse Wilson of Semmes, Ala.; three brothers, Greg Wilson of Bratt, Fla., Jon Wilson of Lillian, Ala. and Patrick Wilson of Silver Hill, Ala.; one sister, Lori Monroe of Silver Hill; and five grandchildren.
Mr. Wilson was preceded in death by his parents.
