Former longtime Lula councilman and WWII veteran Mordecai Wilson died on Christmas Eve at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. He was 99.
Elected to Lula City Council in 2000, Wilson remained in office for more than two decades and served until 2021.
Wilson was enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served in the Pacific Theater during WWII.
After the war, Wilson would marry his lifelong wife, Mary. Over the years, the two would go on to foster more than a dozen children in need as kids of their own. Mary died in 2014.
Visitation will be held Friday, Jan. 3, from 7-9 p.m. at Memorial Park Funeral Home, 2030 Memorial Park Drive, in Gainesville.
A memorial service will take place at noon Saturday, Jan. 4, at Springfield Baptist Church, 6115 Hammett Street in Lula.
