Background
Wilson, Ralph Edwin was born on September 28, 1921 in Osceola, Arkansas, United States. Son of Emmett A. and Lillie (Simmons) Wilson.
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Ralph Edwin Wilson
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Student, United States Naval Academy, 1943; Bachelor of Arts, Union U., 1946; Juris Doctor, Vanderbilt University, 1949.
Career
Practice in Osceola, since 1949. City attorney Osceola, 1949. Deputy prosecuting attorney 2d Judicial District Arkansas, 1950-1953.
Special assistant to attorney general Arkansas, 1956-1960. Special associate justice Supreme Court Arkansas, 1984. President Liberal State Bank, Great Eastern Assurance Company, North Little Rock.
Secretary Farmers Agri Export, Inc. Director Allied Companies, Inc., Does-More Products Corporation, Allied Real Estate Investment Trust, Osceola Land Development Company. Member advisory council National Public Works Week, 1964.
Politics
The state should not use its authority to promote any particular religious belief. It should allow people practice their own religious convictions.
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Membership
Alderman Osceola City Council, 1958-1961. Served as lieutenant United States Merchant Marines United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1945. Member Arkansas Bar Association (past member executive committee), Osceola Bar Association (president), American Trial Lawyers Association, United States Bar (Supreme Court), American Legion, Phi Alpha Delta, Alpha Tau Omega, Tau Kappa Alpha.
Clubs: Kiwanian (international vice president 1970-1971, trustee 1966-1970, life fellow international foundation).
Connections
Married Mary Ann Murray, April 23, 1949. Children: Ralph Edwin, Teresa Ann, Don Alan.
