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Ronnie Lee Wilson walked the grounds of Carrollton for more than 25 years. He watched
young girls grow and learn, and eventually graduate. He watched teachers and
administrators work on behalf of Carrollton students. He watched it all with a bright smile
and a big heart. What Ronnie did not see, what he could not have imagined, was that
all those years, ail those faces, represented hundreds of women touched by his warmth
and spirit.

Thursday morning April 18th, the Carrollton community joined the Wilson family, including
his wife Christy and young daughter Bianca, to honor Ronnie's life at a memorial Mass
on the Barat Campus. More than 1000 students, faculty, parents and alumnae gathered
to pray, sing and reflect on the life of a remarkable man.

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The kiss of the sun for pardon. Ronnie loved this sun-kissed property. We loved Ronnie's
smile. He smiled and his whole face lit up and his eyes twinkled. It was as if there were
sunbeams coming from inside him.
Ann Taylor, RSCJ

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/ miss Mr. Wilson's singing to me in kindergarten to make me happy. I miss when he
always said his funny jokes in the hallways and always told me “thank you for helping
him clean up. His beautiful smile put my fears away. He is and always will be in our hearts
singing to us one by one. He will always be a Carrollton angel taking care of us.

Lulu de to Pena ‘20

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I didn’t know Ronnie well other than to say hello through a closed car window. I know
that I will miss seeing him in the mornings and the afternoons. That ever present smile
on his face, the patient look he gave rushed mothers and teenage girls as they cut his
golf cart off with their SUVs and schoolbags - their time seemingly more precious than
his. I know that I felt my children were safer because he was there, that life was better
because he was there. This morning Ronnie’s golf cart stood empty, he wasn’t where I
expected him to be and yet he was still everywhere. That kind of graceful spirit doesn t
die. It transforms, attaches itself to the memory - to the senses. It becomes a feeling.
Today Ronnie was still smiling at my children, watching over them, inspiring them with
selflessness but in a more personal, lasting way.

Mrs. Sofia Casio, parent (April 10, 2013)

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yye remember that Ronnie loved Jesus and absolutely believed in the words of John s
Gospel ..."Do not let your hearts be troubled. There are many rooms in my Father’s
house. I go now to prepare a place for you..." Ronnie is in that place now.
Suzanne Cooke, RSCJ