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Floella Kinkade
Wanda was my best friend growing up in Fort Worth. Since there were four beautiful girls born within five years, we were very close. Then they grew up and started getting married and left me at home by myself. Wanda was very, very smart and talented all thru school and until her beautiful body started getting taken over by Arthritis, then the other disease of Advanced Dementia, then later Lewey Body Syndrome. Very difficult diseases to manage. I want to publicly thank Lesley Horton for all she did over these years to see about Wanda, her "Mom" not stepmom. She loved Wanda very, very much. Floella Kirkland Kinkade in Texas
Rich and Kathy Herman
Our heartfelt condolences and prayers go out to the entire Wilder family.
Wanda Joy Horton
2024-08-26
Wanda Joy Horton, 88 of Fernandina Beach, Florida, passed away on August 26, 2024, in Fernandina Beach.
Wanda was born on January 14, 1936, in Fort Worth, Texas, to the late Dewey Oval Kirkland and Alma McCuller. She married Donald Wilder, Sr. and moved to Fernandina Beach, FL in 1955, where they raised four boys. Wanda was later remarried to Robert Donald Horton of Jacksonville, FL. Wanda loved her kids and grandkids and enjoyed cheering them on in sports and other activities.
Wanda later attended what is now the Florida State College in Jacksonville, FL, to earn an Associate of Arts degree all while working as a legal secretary. She also was a preschool teacher and later worked with the State of Florida for several years analyzing applications for assistance. Wanda was artistic and enjoyed painting. She also enjoyed gardening and cooking. She was an active member of North Jacksonville Baptist Church and attended frequently with her best friend Betty Phillips.
She is predeceased by late husband Robert Donald Horton, her sons, Harold Kirk Wilder and James Wesley Wilder, and her sister Durelle Phillips. Wanda leaves behind her children, Donald Wilder, Jr., (Sherry) of Fernandina Beach, FL, Robert Wilder, (Susan) of Palm Bay, FL and stepdaughter Lesley Horton, (Priscilla) of Fernandina Beach, FL, sisters Gloria Rainwater of Ft. Worth, TX and Flo Kinkade of Austin, TX. Wanda also leaves behind four grandchildren, Sandra Healey, (Robert), Heather Thomas, (Kasey), Robyn Scott, (Eric) and Ryan Wilder, and three great grandchildren, Valerie Healey, Lauren Healey and Layne Scott.
The viewing will be held at 10:00a.m. on Friday, August 30, 2024, and the funeral services will follow at 11:00a.m. She will be laid to rest in Bosque Bello Cemetery.
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