M. Yvonne Wilson

Yvonne Wilson of Easton MD, beloved wife, mother and friend died at home on June 18th, 2024 she was 85 years old. Yvonne was born in Easton, MD on April 9th, 1939, the daughter of Raymond H. Elliott and Bessie Pearl (Richardson) Elliott. Yvonne attended Easton High School in Easton, MD where she excelled in all girls sport teams including volley ball, basketball, field ball, field hockey. She was the Echo year book art editor and Junior Red Cross Secretary. She was crowned the Snow Ball Queen in 1956. She married the love of her life, George H Wilson, Jr of Tunis Mills, MD on August 17th, 1957 at her family waterfront home in McDaniel, MD. Growing up on N. Washington Street in Easton, she had a very special relationship with Joyce Hubbard Bailey and Ann Hubbard Howard. The Hubbard girls considered Yvonne as their sister. They would ride Yvonne’s horse, a retired circus horse which was stabled in the empty fields between the Hubbard and Elliott homes. Yvonne could stand on the horse as it cantered around the field. The next horse, a Tennessee walker was stabled in a barn where the current Talbot Town Shopping Center is located. Most Saturdays they would ride bikes up to the (Avalon) movie theater. At the age of 15 she performed a ballet recital that was filmed in Salisbury and appeared on Channel 16 news. She was a Red Cross swim instructor as was her then future husband, George. Yvonne was a secretary in the 1960’s for her father’s farm machinery and heavy truck dealership, Elliott Equipment Company, on Aurora Street. In the 80’s after the death of her father she managed Elliott Equipment and Hardware on Elliott Rd. Yvonne won many tennis tournaments including the Nationals in 1988. She learned tennis from May Brooks, Anna Dawkins and Bobbie Seger. She took lessons from Jim Busick at the YMCA. She was a member of Cross Courts and played on the A league, which was before there was a AA league. In her later life she took up golf and Pickle ball. She was a member of St Marks Methodist Church which was designed by her architect uncle, William Elliott. She loved her Sunday School, the Koinonia class at St Marks. In her youth she attended the Ebenezer Church on Washington St, which is now the Ebenezer Theater/Prager Family Center for the Arts. Yvonne was a member of the Talbot Country Club and sailed with her husband as a member of the Tred Avon Yacht Club. Yvonne is survived by her three children, Lorri Wilson-Clarke and husband Ray Clarke, George Wilson III and his wife Jane and Elliott Wilson and his wife Natasha; her seven grandchildren, Derin Brewer, Anthony Stahl, Jon Clarke, Ashley Wilson Noji, Aaron Wilson, Peter Wilson and Ava Wilson; and five great grandchildren. Preceding her in death was her beloved husband of 67 years, George H. Wilson, Jr. Visitation is June 30th noon prior to the memorial service at 1pm at Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral home in Easton MD, followed by interment at Oxford Cemetery. A livestream of the service at the funeral home will be available on the funeral home website. Memorial contributions may be made to Talbot County Hospice, 586 Cynwood Dr, Easton, MD 21601 or Easton Family YMCA, 202 Peach Blossom Road, Easton, MD 21601.

M. Yvonne Wilson

April 9, 1939 - June 18, 2024