Mayoral History

Roy Joseph Wilson, son of William J. and Sarah Rice Wilson, was born December 16, 1879 in Scottsboro, Alabama. He served as a teacher in the public schools of Alabama and Tennessee. After leaving the teaching profession, he became a postal employee at Winchester and retired after forty years of service. He then began a law practice. He served as a commissioner and as chairman of the Franklin County Board of Education for several years. He married Annie Kennedy in 1910 and they were the parents of three children. He was Mayor of Winchester from 1945-1947. He and his second wife, Minnie Huke, had no children. He died at his home on North High Street on February 16, 1960 and was buried in Winchester City Cemetery.


		Roy Joseph Wilson, son of William J. and Sarah Rice Wilson, was born December 16, 1879 in Scottsboro, Alabama. He served as a teacher in the public schools of Alabama and Tennessee. After leaving the teaching profession, he became a postal employee at Winchester and retired after forty years of service. He then began a law practice. He served as a commissioner and as chairman of the Franklin County Board of Education for several years. He married Annie Kennedy in 1910 and they were the parents of three children. He was Mayor of Winchester from 1945-1947. He and his second wife, Minnie Huke, had no children. He died at his home on North High Street on February 16, 1960 and was buried in Winchester City Cemetery.
	Mayor Roy Wilson
	1945-1947