Mrs. Juanita Strickland Wilder

Juanita Wilder In the evening of April 9, 2020 Juanita Wilder died and entered into God's presence in the eternal place prepared for her. Her life was a living testimony of her faith in Christ. She was born on September 3, 1932 in Brantley County to Frank and Missouri Hale who along with her eight brothers and sisters have preceded her in death. She is also preceded in death by her first husband, Sgt. Lester Strickland, who died in a peacetime military accident involving the B-29 of which he was a flight engineer. She is survived by her husband, The Rev. W. Raymond Wilder, Jr. whom she married in 1960 at the Hebardville Methodist Church in Waycross, Georgia and with whom she shared over 59 years of marriage. She partnered with him to serve Christ and the church through the South Georgia Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. She served Christ in many different capacities both in the local churches and in the Annual Conference as one of its delegates. When they retired and moved to Magnolia...