Merle B. Wilson died March 9, 1981 in Florida.  From News Tuesday March 10, 1981: “Merle B. Wilson died Monday…native of Century…raised by Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Crawford…served as a public health nurse…survivors: husband David A. Wilson; son Wm Robert Wilson; daughter Dorothy Ann Hastey of GA; half brother Homer G. Boyett of Jacksonville; two sisters, Thelma B. Johns of Pensacola and Ruth B. Franca of Mobile…Fisher-Pou directing.”  She is buried next to her husband David A. Wilson in the W.H. Crawford plot.