Nita Fern (Brown) Wilson

Nita Fern (Brown) Wilson, 71 of Lexington, Missouri passed away on Friday, December 20, 2024, at Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence, MO.

 Visitation will be held from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Thursday, December 26, 2024, at the Ralph O. Jones Funeral Home, 306 S. 2nd St., Odessa, MO, 64076, 816-633-5524. A funeral service will follow at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, December 26, 2024, at the funeral home. Interment will be in the Greenton Cemetery. Memories of Nita and condolences for her family may be left at www.LedfordFamilyFH.com or on our Facebook Page. 

 Nita was born on September 12, 1953, in Independence, MO to Howard Delbert and Beryl “Jean” (Murry) Brown. On September 3, 1993, Nita was united in marriage to Walter Allen Wilson in Lexington, MO. He preceded her in death on May 3, 2016. Nita was a homemaker; she took care of her home and family. She loved animals, Nita always made sure the neighborhood animals had food and shelter. Nita enjoyed crafting, she was an avid Chiefs Football fan and loved spoiling and spending time with her grandchildren. She was a movie fanatic, especially any movies in black and white, she loved collecting movies and had them all carefully organized. She will be greatly missed. 

 Survivors include three children, Melissa Bezemer and husband Gary of Independence, MO, Gary Lee Viles, Jr. and wife Erika of Lexington, MO and Stephanie Madar and husband Chris of Laverne, Tennessee; twelve grandchildren, three great grandchildren; four sisters, Barbara Scott of Eldon, MO, Teresa Viles and husband Gary of Lexington, MO, Bonnie Viles and husband Glen of Lexington, MO, and Vera Currence and husband Joe of Eldon, MO; five brothers, Howard Brown, Jr. of Bates City, MO, Cecil Brown of Bates City, MO, Walley Brown of Blue Springs, MO, Richard Brown and wife Rita of Auxvasse, MO, and James Brown and wife Melissa of Bates City, MO; and many nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends. 

 In addition to her parents and husband, Nita was preceded in death by three brothers, Wilbur Brown, Evertte Brown, and Charles “Tony” Brown; and one sister, Nancy Hanna.