Kenneth Dale Wilson, 72, of Franklin, passed away on Sunday, November 2, 2014.

Born in Elmira, NY, he was the son of the late Kenneth Howe Wilson and Mable Cobb Wilson. Dale was a US Army veteran of the Vietnam Era and retired from the Army Reserves in 2004. He was a former restauranteur, managing and operating Curly's Chicken House in Elmira and Ithaca, NY and later opening his own restaurant, Wilson's Country Diner in Cayuta, NY; and was property manager at Sand Castles, Cocoa Beach, FL. In 2004 he retired and moved to Franklin, NC; he was a member of Longview Baptist Church and was an avid leisure and competitive bass fisherman.

He is survived by his wife, RoseMary Hole Wilson; two children, Franklyn Derryck Wilson and wife Marlynna of Franklin and Denise Leoma Baus and husband Robert of Chesapeake, VA; two sisters, Dawn Paine of Apalachin, NY and Brenda Hartwick of Sheshequin, PA; three grandchildren, Torynce Dale Wilson, Emilynna Rose Wilson and Bryant Dalton Baus and many nieces and nephews and extended family.

Memorial Service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, November 5, in the Chapel of Macon Funeral Home. Rev. Tom Nahlen will officiate. VFW Post 7339 and American Legion Post 108 will conduct military honors.

The family will receive friends from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Wednesday, prior to the service at Macon Funeral Home.

Memorial donations can be made to the Four Seasons Hospice,571 South Allen Road, Flat Rock, NC 28731.

Macon Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Online condolences can be made at maconfuneralhome.com