W. M. Wilson Receives Lions Club Award
W. M. Wilson, 17 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Wilson, Senior of Carrollton, received the Lions Club Award as best all around student in the 1943 class at Friday nights commencement exercises.
Wilson attended Coppell Grade School. Active in the organization and wory of the high school bank, he was the only local student to successfully pass the mental tests given by the Navy under the V-12 Training Program

Carrollton Chronicle - June 4, 1943
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

William Marvin "Dub" Wilson Jr., Age 88 Carrollton TX Passed peacefully on Easter morning 4/20/2014, from Alzheimer's Disease. "W.M." was a direct descendent of French immigrants who settled at La Reunion in what is now the "Oak Cliff" area of Dallas, was born 4-16-1926, in a farmhouse on Grauwyler Rd. in Irving TX to William Marvin and Ruby Farine Wilson. Dub was a farmer, dairyman, rancher, horn player in a dance band, Radioman 1st Class on the USS Langley in WWII, industrial equipment salesman, real estate broker/investor, husband, father, grandfather, and friend. Dub was always concerned with the needs of others, and was loved by all. He is survived by his sons Cody, of Dallas, Mark and wife Kathy of Lake Dallas, and grandson Forrest of Portland OR. Services are planned for Wed. at 1p. at Metrocrest Hilltop Memorial, Carrollton TX.

Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams