Brenda Harward Wilson

WADESBORO - On Tuesday, February 24, 2026, Mrs. Brenda Harward Wilson, 80, passed away peacefully at Anson Health and Rehab in Wadesboro with her family at her bedside.

Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Friday, February 27, 2026, in the Chapel of Leavitt Funeral Home with Rev. Rodney Clements officiating. Interment will follow in the Wilson Family Cemetery.

The family will greet friends from 6:00 PM until 7:30 PM, Thursday, February 26, 2026, at the funeral home.

Brenda was born December 5, 1945, in Stanly County, NC, and was a daughter of the late Roy Junior Harward and the late Mary Estelle Kimrey Harward. She was a graduate of South Stanly High School and she was a member of Red Hill Baptist Church.

She had worked for many years in textiles, having worked with Reeve's Brothers and Unity Mills in Wadesboro; however, she is most remembered for being the Ladies Department Manager at Walmart in Wadesboro, where she was employed for 20 years at the time of her retirement.

Brenda enjoyed the simple things in life, working and going out to eat with her family. She was also a very supportive pastor's wife to her late husband, Rev. John Odell "Johnny" Wilson.

Those who are left to cherish her memory are her daughter and son-in-law, Andrea and Benny Kelly of Wadesboro; her grandson, Weston Kelly of Wadesboro; her granddaughter-in-law, Allison Kelly of Wadesboro; and her great-grandchildren, Austin, Emma, Laila, Ava, Adrianne, Ayden, Sawyer, Elija, and her beloved dog, Mr. Bones.

In addition to her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by her grandson, Jonathon Bennett Kelly, and by her brothers and sister, Keith Harward, Donnnie Harward, and Patsy Gregory.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Red Hill Baptist Church Brotherhood, c/o Stephanie Maner, P.O. Box 207, Ansonville, NC 28007.

The arrangements are in care of Leavitt Funeral Home, and online condolences may be made at www.leavittfh.com