BEAVER DAM, Ky. — Jerry Wayne Wilson, 74, of Beaver Dam, passed away on Sunday, April 18, 2021, at Golden Living Center in Tell City, Indiana. He was born on March 27, 1947, in Butler County, Kentucky, to the late Ray and Lorena Renfrow Wilson.
Jerry was a United States Army Veteran and served during the Vietnam War. He was a member of Echols Baptist Church and he retired from the State of Kentucky where he worked as the manager of the toll plaza in Hartford, Kentucky.
Aside from his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Kathy Wilson.
He leaves behind to cherish many memories three daughters, Autumnn Wilson, of Beaver Dam, Jerri Lopez, of Dundee, Kentucky, and Tausha Danielle Wilson, of Louisville, Kentucky; two sisters, Kay Renfrow, of Butler County, and Joyce Webster, of Russellville, Kentucky; three grandchildren, Shawntee Baker, Alison Lopez Jiminez, and Senaida Lopez Jiminez; and one great-grandson, Isaac Watkins.
Funeral Services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, April 22, at William L. Danks Funeral Home in Beaver Dam. Burial will follow in Brooklyn Cemetery in Butler County with full military honors by Ohio County Honor Guard. Friends may visit with the family of Jerry Wayne Wilson from 10 a.m. until the time of the service on Thursday at the funeral home.
Online messages of condolence may be left for the family of Jerry Wayne Wilson by visiting his memorial tribute at www.danksfuneralhome.com.