Funeral service for Gail Veronica (McSwain) Wilson will be at 10:30 am Monday, November 6, 2017 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Minister Gloria Jean McCall, Lawton officiating.

Gail Veronica (McSwain) Wilson, 59, Lawton departed this life on Monday, October 30, 2017 at her home in Lawton.  She was born March 6, 1958 in New Orleans, LA to Lois Marie Rankin.  In pursuit of a better life, Lois moved herself and her children to Lawton in the early 1960's, to be amongst family stationed at Fort Sill.  Gail graduated from Eisenhower High School in 1977.  In 1979 she had a brief union to Rod Solomon.           In 1983 she married Michael Anthony Wilson, Sr.  The family moved to Oklahoma City in 1985.  Gail and Michael divorced in 2000, but remained friends.  By profession Gail worked at various jobs, but served as Dietary Manager for many years at Grace Living Center and the Baptist Retirement Village.  Gail moved back to Lawton in August of 2017 and served as cafeteria aide for Bishop Public Schools.  Her loving spirit was felt amongst many of her co-workers that quickly became her friends.  Gail Wilson received Christ as her Savior in the early 1980's and she attended church at Windsor Hills Baptist Church and Eastside Church of Christ.

She leaves to cherish her memory; one precious grandson, Jordan G. Wilson, 3 children, Roderick E. Solomon, Summer T. Wilson and Michael A. Wilson, Jr., a son-in-law James Loot III, aunt Gladys Williams of Victorville, CA, her siblings, Kathleen LeDay, Claud Davis, Sr., Harold McSwain, nieces and nephews, of whom she memorized birthdays, Crystal LeDay, Mariah McSwain, Renee Wilson, Damaris Taylor Jackson, Claude Davis, Jr., Cedric Davis, Denzil McSwain, Adrian Massey, Joel Weaver, R.J. Wilson, Previn Hughes, Tyland LeDay and Simeon Hughes LeDay, beloved-in-laws, Alberta Wilson, Adam LeDay, Priscilla Samuel, Jenny McSwain, Roderick Wilson, Cynthia Hill, Karen Peavy, cousins, Edith Hill, Vicki Patterson, Gloria Jean McCall, and many other cousins and relatives.  Special acknowledgment to her close friends, Sharon Avery, Denise Burse, Ann Pope, Pat Nettles-Paige, Johnetta Lane Williams and countless others.

Christine Brown and Veronika Burks opened their home to Gail in which she lived at the time of her passing.  Christine Brown and her children have been friends of the family since Lois Rankin moved to Lawton.

Gail is preceded in death by her mother, her father-in-law, who she called "Daddy" and had stated "was the only father she knew", Hilliard C. Wilson, beloved sister-in-law Carol "Lynn" Jackson (Wilson), and her first niece Shannon Kathleen LeDay Hughes.