Sunrise . . . Nero was born on August 20, 1947 in Cherokee County, South Carolina and was a son of the late J. W. Wilson and the late Ruth Kilgore Wilson Roach.

A Life Well Lived. . . Nero A. Wilson was a graduate of Highland Senior High School, Class of 1966 in Gastonia, North Carolina. His employment consisted of working at the North Carolina Department of Corrections as a Prison Guard, Gaston County Textile and a Material Team Leader at Danaher Tool Group. A strong love for his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in whom he confessed and accepted at an early age allowed him later in life to join the church next door to his house in the Fall of 2008, where he became a member of the St. John’s Missionary Baptist Church. There, he developed a deeper love for the truth of the word of God preached by Pastor Darial A. Jackson, who was his dearest friend. “Dennis” which he liked to be called, had a love for fishing and would take his three oldest sons, Denan, Jimmy, and Ethan, to the Coast during his vacation time.

Sunset… He departed this life on Tuesday, November 23, 2021 at Alexandria Place Nursing Home in Gastonia, North Carolina. He was preceded in death by a son: Cornelius Lynch; two sisters: Joyce Ann Wilson Carr and Louenia Wilson Tate.

Those Who Remain… He is survived by four sons: Denan Wilson (Althea) of Bessemer City, NC, Dennis “Jimmy” and Ethan Wilson of Gastonia, NC and Torbean McLean of Gastonia, NC; three daughters: Angela Byrum (Reggie) of Gastonia, NC, Adriane Wilson of Dallas, NC and Ivey Wilson (Shawn) of Gastonia, NC; two brothers: Lewis Blanton (Pat) and Rev. Rodney Davidson (Lisa) of Gaffney, SC; one sister: Doris Wilson of Dayton, OH; two aunts: Mary Brown (Roger) of Shelby, NC and Evangeline Hill of Detroit, MI; thirteen grandchildren, four great-grandchildren; special friends: Emma "Jeanie" Lowery, Rev. Daris Curry, Rev. Thomas Gillespie, Penny Haynes, and Beatrice “Beatie" McGill, and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Viewing at the funeral home on Friday; December 3, 2021 from 3 until 7

Funeral on Saturday; December 4, 2021 at 2:00 at St. John's Baptist Church, Gastonia

Visitation is thirty minutes before the service at the church

Interment: Armstrong Cemetery

Masks required at all services and funeral will be live on funeral home facebook page