Dr. William Rutherford Phillips Wilson

SENECA, SC – Dr. William Rutherford Phillips Wilson, 84, died Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Friday at St. Johns United Methodist Church. Rev. Dr. George K. Howle will officiate. Interment will be held at 1:30 in the Springfield United Methodist Church Cemetery, Springfield, SC. Dr. Wilson was born in Charleston, SC, a son of the late Henry and Elma Phillips Wilson. He was a radiologist, the founding President of Alpha Pi Mu, supported the Republican Party, and was an entrepreneur in the development of MRI and Cat Scan technology; the mobility of getting the technology to hospitals that did not have it available. He was a partner with Piedmont Radiologists. Survivors include his son, William Henry Phillip Wilson, Seneca; Susie Onishi Wilson and her children, Pattie Seward, ,Seneca and, Johnny Wright, Richmond, VA; brother, Elmer (Mary Jo) Wilson, Aiken; niece, Betsy Wilson-Mahoney, Aiken; nephew, Lowrie Rutherford Wilson, Aiken. Memorials may be made to Springfield United Methodist Church, Georgia Ave., Springfield, SC 29146. Dr. Wilson’s online guest book may be signed at www.shellhousefuneralhome.com. The family will receive friends following the funeral service at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wilson, 203 Club Villa Dr., Aiken. Shellhouse Funeral Home, Inc., 924 Hayne Ave., Aiken, SC. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Dr. William Rutherford Phillips Wilson, please visit our flower store.