MaDunya Wilson was born in Magnolia, AR, on January 23, 1971, to Hosie B. and Doris Faye Stephens Beasley. On Sunday, March 10, 2024, she departed the confines of this earth seeking instead her heavenly home. She was 53.
Preceding her in death were her her parents: Hosie and Doris Beasley, grandparents: Theodore and Emma Stephens, Elton and Vira Beasley; uncles: Joe Stephens, Theodore Stephens, Charles Stephens, Charlie Stephens, Benjamin Stephens, and Kelly Stephens and Dexter Beasley.
MaDunya was the proprietor of Convict Resolution, a criminal justice advocacy program, where her caring and outspoken nature made her perfect for the job. On August 2, 2013, she was married to Charles Childress. She was a member of the Westside Church of Christ in Waldo, AR.
She leaves cherished memories with her husband, Charles Childress, two sons: Antraveous Biddle and Dondrikez Wilson, six grandchildren: Ariel Braggs, Na'Karly Braggs, Alessia Alford, Braylon Horan, Jayden Simmons, Ambria Biddle; her father, Raymond Dismuke, ten brothers: De'Unce Beasley, Ricotta Lambert, Raymond Dismuke, Byron Dismuke, Monte Dismuke, Kennon Dismuke, Daymon Dismuke, Marcus Dismuke, Jermaine Johnson, Kevin Dismuke; six sisters: Angelina Witcher, Latrina Beasley-Jordon, Beverlyn Rowden, Regina Dismuke, Chanarda Murray, Aleshia Kaye Alexander; six uncles: Courtney Stephens, Willie Beasley, Ricky Beasley, Mark Beasley, Joe Dismuke, Jake Dismuke, Jr.; aunts: Delma Metcalf, Joyce Smith, Joana Rushing, Alma Faye Dunn, Lena Jones, Betty Dismuke, and a great host of other relatives and friends.
Viewing and visitation will be at Henderson’s Mortuary, on Friday March 22 from noon until 4. Funeral services for MaDunya will be held at Southview Church of Christ, Magnolia, on Saturday, March 23, 2024 at 1 pm. Burial will follow at Rocky Mount Cemetery under the direction of Henderson Funeral Service.
