Anita Bibbs Wilson
Anita Bibbs Wilson, 81, passed away on August 17, 2022, in Chattanooga.
She was born in Scottsboro, AL, to James Snodgrass and Annie Lockhart Dillard. Anita attended Howard High School, graduating in the class of 1959. She furthered her education by attending Chattanooga State Technical Community College, and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Anita was previously employed at Chattanooga State Technical College, where she taught data processing, and she retired from National Posters. She held membership in the Howard High Alumni Association and received its award for Alumni Achievement.
Anita was a member of Stanley United Methodist Church where she served faithfully in the Women’s Ministry, senior choir, and hospitality staff. She loved her church and church family.
Ms. Anita (“Mama Nita”) loved to bake and cook. She was always active in school and school events. During her years at Howard High (class of 1959), and up to last year, she still participated in her class reunion. Anita loved her three children beyond words, and her grandchildren and great-grandchildren were most important to her. She is already dearly missed, but we have memories that will stay with us forever.
Anita was preceded in death by her mothers, Fannie L Dillard, and Annie L Dillard; father, James Snodgrass; sisters, Pearlie Mae Dillard Montgomery, Marylee Johnson, Jessie Williams, and Willie I. Tucker; brothers, Eugene Bibbs and Jimmy L. Bibbs
She leaves to cherish her precious memories, two daughters, Madrinna (Jacob) Burney, South Lebanon, OH, and Karen Patton Dixie, Chattanooga, TN; son, Oscar M. Wilson II, Chattanooga, TN; two granddaughters, Uneather Nicole Dixie, Huntersville NC, and Torrea Nichole Trollinger, Chattanooga; grandsons, Vinchenzo Wilson Dixie, Nashville, TN, Jacob Ja-red (Rebecca) Burney, Silver Springs, MD, and J. Benjamin Burney, Denver, CO; three great-grandsons, James Jabari Burney, Silver Springs, MD, Ta' Shaun Pullom, and Curtis Smith, III, both of Chattanooga, TN; one great-granddaughter, Taylan Smith; one sister, Helen Morris of Birmingham, AL; one brother, Anthony M Moore of Chattanooga;eight nieces, Mary Berlinda Williams, and Janet Carol Williams, both of Scottsboro, AL, Constance Edwards, Birmingham, AL, Alfreda Morris Jernighan, Nashville, TN, Marilyn Joyce Vereen, Huntsville, AL, Estella D. Irvin, Cyzanne Cothran Tolbert, and Gwen Gene White, all of Chattanooga; three nephews, Avery Dillard, Birmingham, AL, Eugene Terrell Bibbs, El Paso, TX, and Clarence L. Moliere, Scottsboro, AL; two special friends/best sister friends, Cladie Jo Arnold, and Lucille McReynolds Stubblefield;three god-daughters, Terrell Barnes, Felicia Bell, and Daphne Ashley Strong, all of Chattanooga; three godsons, Justin Nicholson, Tim Barnett , Chattanooga, TN, and Jayson Slay, Murfreesboro, TN; other family and friends.
Public viewing will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 23, from 2-6 p.m. at the funeral home. The family will receive friends from 5-6 p.m.
A 1 p.m. funeral service will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 24, at Stanley United Methodist Church, 501 Dodson Ave., 37404.
Interment will be in Hamilton Memorial Gardens, Highway 153 North.