Mrs. Julia Coalter Eno Wilson last Thursday at the family home at 1121 West St., Silver City lost one of it's pioneer residents. She was 79. Mrs. Wilson had been seriously ill for several weeks, suffering from a heart ailment. Born Dec. 21, 1877, in St. Louis, Mo., she was a daughter of Major Edward B. Eno, U. S. Army, and Matilda Bates Eno, who was the daughter of Edward Bates, Attorney General in President Lincoln's war cabinet. In her girlhood, Mrs. Wilson attended the public schools of St. Louis, and Washington University Art School and Art Shool in Brooklyn, N. Y. She came to Silver City in 1903 with her mother and sister, Matilda Eno Kellogg and brother, Capt. Bates Eno. On June 14, 1906, she was given in marriage to Wayne MacVaegh Wilson, by her mothers brother, Lt. Gen. John Coalter Bates, retired Cheif o Staff of the Army. The wedding was solemnized in the Episcopal Church of the Good Shephard, the Rev. H. W. Ruffner, rector, performing the ceremony. Her maid of honor was her sister, Matilda Eno. The bridesmaids were the Misses isabelle and Mary Eckles and the best man, Hugh L. Hodge. The wedding was a brilliant event of that period in Silver City. Survivng are her husband, Wayne wilson; three children. Mrs. Ellen Dickson (Dickie) Sharp, Winchester, Va.; Mrs. Marjorie Willoughby, Boyce, Va.; and Bates Wilson, Moab, Utah, superintendent of the Arches Natural Bridges National MOnuments of the National Park Service. Also by four grandsons, Wilson (Bill) Sharp, Alan Dickson (Tug) Wilson, Airman 1/C Hugh (Pete) Willoughby and Dickson Willoughby; two granddaughters, Julia and Caroline (Cindy) Wilson. A grandson, Cadet Bates Sharp, of West Point and a granddaughter, Wayne Willoughby, preceded her in death. For many years, Mrs. Wilson was active in the social and clublife of Silver City. Like her husband, Wayne Wilson, she was intrested in the colorful musical comedies directed by him, sponsored by the Silver City Elks Lodge. She had leading parts in the tuneful Silver City Stroller Shows, the first one o fwhich 50 years ago dedicated the opening of the Elks opera House, now only a memory. She was an experienced horsewoman, learning on the bridal paths during her St. Louise college days and became quickly adapted to the mountains area of Silver City in accompanying her husband on annual hunts during the big game open season. Also she was a crack Shot. Mrs. Wilson was a devoted and understanding wife and mother, of a happy family, and a gracious hostess, endearing herself to countless friends throughout the community. Funeral services were held Saturday at the Cox Mortuary Chapel,the Rev. David E. Holt of the Good Shepherd officiating. She had been a life-long communicant of the Episcopal church. Serving as casket bearers were Frank Light, Edward W. Ward, Harry Hansen, Jack Hill, James S. Ryan and Don Lusk. Honorary pallbearers were Robert Deming, Joseph H. Taylor and George W, McCreary. Burial was in the Eno family plot in the Masonic cemetery.