Fraser Wilson Obituary

WILSON, Fraser George Fraser Wilson, M.D., died Sunday, June 29, 2008. Relatives and friends are invited to attend his Funeral Service at St. Michael's Episcopal Church at 2:00 pm on Thursday, July 3rd. Burial will follow at Magnolia Cemetery. Dr. Wilson was born in Charleston on November 22, 1918, the son of George Fraser Wilson, M.D. of Wadamalaw Island and Charleston and Anne Aldridge Preston of Louden County, Virginia. His father Dr. Wilson, Sr., was professor of Obstetrics at the Medical College of South Carolina who established the department of Obstetrics at Roper Hospital and the Medical College of South Carolina. Dr. Wilson graduated from the College of Charleston in 1940. His class of 1943 of the Medical College of South Carolina was called into service six months prior to graduation. He graduated from the Medical College after completing his service to his country. Wilson served with the 5th Army Air Corps in the Pacific theater on the Caroline Islands, Eniwetok, Okinawa and finishing his service in occupied Japan. After the war, Dr. Wilson returned to Charleston and completed his residency at the Medical College of South Carolina. He practiced obstetrics and gynecology with Dr. Henry W. de Saussure and later established a practice with the late Dr. Watson Cordes Finger. Dr. Wilson belonged to the Medical Society of South Carolina, the Ob-Gyn Society of South Carolina, the College of Surgeons and the South-Atlantic Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Dr. Wilson will be remembered for his love of antiques and his dedication to Charleston's history and material culture. He was a Life Trustee of Historic Charleston Foundation and opened his home for house tours for 39 years. Dr. Wilson was appointed to the South Carolina Governor's Mansion Commission by Governors James B. Edwards, Richard W. Riley, Carol Campbell, David M. Beasley, James Hodges, and Mark Sanford. He was awarded the Order of the Palmetto by the Governors for his exemplary service on the Commission He was a member of the Charleston Club, the South Carolina Society, the St. Andrew's Society, the St. Cecelia Society, the Agricultural Society and the Carolina Yacht Club. He was a member of St. Michael's church. On October 31, 1953, he married Adele Petigru Conner Simons, who died January 14, 2004. Dr. Wilson is survived by his son, Francis Preston Wilson and his wife, Chriss, of Charleston and George Fraser Wilson, Jr., of Charleston, a sister Harriet Wilson Garris of Coral Gables, Florida, and three grandchildren, Evelyn Allston Wilson, Christine Adele Wilson, and Preston Roby Vander Horst Wilson. His sister Margaret Wilson Davis and his brother Hugh Hamilton Wilson predeceased him. A daughter, Sallie Enders Simons Wilson predeceased him in 1983. Memorials may be made to St. Michael's Episcopal Church, 14 St. Michael's Alley, Charleston, SC 29401; the Historic Charleston Foundation, 40 East Bay Street, Charleston, SC 29401; or The Preservation Society of Charleston at 147 King Street in Charleston. The family will be receiving guests at his home at 9 Limehouse Street on Wednesday, July 2 at 6:00 pm. ARRANGEMENTS BY HENRY J. STUHR, INC., DOWNTOWN CHAPEL. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.