Albert Lee Wilson

Albert Lee Wilson, 87, of Frankfort, Ky, died on December 11, 2023. Albert was born in Gracey, Christian County, Ky. on February 7, 1936, to Walter Parks and Ella Hall Wilson, their only child, and was descended from many of the earliest settlers of Christian and Trigg Counties. He attended Sinking Fork High School, where he met his wife, Carolyn Aileen Davenport, whom he married on December 25, 1960, in Hopkinsville, Ky. He graduated from the University of Kentucky with a degree in Agriculture in 1957. He then joined the army and attended counterintelligence school. He served in Korea during the Cold War with the 308th Counterintelligence Corps. After military service, he worked as an insurance adjuster before beginning his public health career in 1965 as a health educator in Christian and Trigg County health departments. He received his Master's degree in Public Health from the University of Michigan in 1968. He then came to the Kentucky state government as Assistant Director of Health Education. In 1978, he took over as the administrator of the Fluoride Supplement Program in the Dental Health Department and remained there until his retirement in 1996. After retiring, he was an insurance agent selling long-term care coverage. He was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Frankfort on Saint Clair from August 1969, where he served as a deacon and Sunday School teacher for many years, and in his later years he was an active member of the Keystone and Men’s Bible Classes. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his daughter Cara Lee Wilson; He is survived by his wife of sixty-two years Carolyn, his daughters Leslie Wilson Rice of Madisonville, Ky., and Lara Lee Mason (Stephen Mason) of Frankfort, and his grandchildren: Marco Rice of Madisonville, Hallee Mason (Isaiah Cuevas) of Georgetown, Ky., Parks Mason of Ann Arbor, Mich. and Maria Rice, also of Madisonville. Albert was a devoted UK and Michigan sports fan. He had stories of basketball games attended at Memorial Coliseum and football games at “The Big House” in Ann Arbor. He had numerous phrases that he liked to use such as expressing gratitude by saying “thank you for your support”. He often ended phone conversations with “over and out”, and his favorite was “time flies like the wind, fruit flies like the banana”. Visitation will be from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm on December 19th, 2023, and the funeral will follow at 12:30 pm at LeCompte Johnson Taylor Funeral Home. The burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in memory of Albert to the Mission Frankfort Clinic 201 Saint Clair Street, Frankfort, Ky. 40601.

Albert Lee Wilson

February 7, 1936 - December 11, 2023