Julian Boyce ‘Monk’ Wilson Jr.--Obituary

LIBERTY — Julian Boyce “Monk” Wilson Jr., 77, of Liberty passed away on Sunday, April 22, 2018, at Beacon Place in Greensboro.

He was a loving husband and father. He was an avid fisherman and loved the outdoors. Monk was good at catching fish and even better at cooking them. He owned and operated Monkscrappie.com. He was a graduate of N.C. State University with a BS in Textiles.

A graveside funeral service will be held on Friday, April 27, at 11 a.m. at Fairview Cemetery in Liberty.

The family will receive friends on Thursday, April 26, from 6-8 p.m. at Loflin Funeral Home of Liberty.

Julian was the son of Julian Boyce Sr. and Alma Johnson Wilson who preceded him in death.

Surviving are wife, Lucy Shelton Wilson; daughters, Beth Kidd and husband Rob and LuAnn Whitfield and husband Wilbur; son, Boyce Wilson and wife Lori; grandchildren, Haley Kidd, Jacob Kidd, Shelton Moser, Morgan Moser and David Whitfield; and sister, Ann Leonard.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Lorie’s Home Care, P.O. Box 472, Liberty, NC 27298.

Share your thoughts and memories with the family at Loflin Funeral Home.

Loflin Funeral Home of Liberty is honored to serve the Wilson family.

We lost a true fishing friend , you will be missed Monk, prayers for the family

Monk was a very dear friend of mine and I will never forget him. Every time I put on a purple rain jig I will think about him. To the family I will be there Thursday eve and If there is anything I can do to help I will be more than happy to. Again, I'm really going to miss him. BILLY Michael / billyniten , crappie .com

Thanks Jordan Limit for sharing. Never met Monk but did talk to him on many occasions and you could tell the caliber of man that he was just from talking with him. Will be remembering the family at this time.

Sorry to hear about the passing of Monk.He was a good man and will be missed.

Prayers sent up for the family of Monk Wilson. He was a good man and fisherman he gave advise to many crappie fisherman across the state. Rip Monk !!!

Great man. He helped me out a lot when I was wetting my feet in this great sport of ours!!! He was always patient when you asked him 20 million questions as the shows!! Tight lines in Heaven Monk!!

Anyone know how Monk got his nickname?

Didn't know him but prayers are sent! Sounds like one heck of a fellow and he will surely be missed by all. :pray

Wow, just talked to him a few weeks back. He told me his feet were in bad shape, but didn't realize he was that bad off. Good fellow, we lost a major contributor to the crappie fishing world.

So sad to hear this news. Our Prayers and Thoughts are with his Family.

Prayers for the family. Sad day for them for sure and a sad day for his beloved fishing community. RIP Mr. Monk.

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We bought most of our crappie fishing equipment from him. He will be greatly missed.

We bought most of our crappie fishing equipment from him. He will be greatly missed.

Sorry to hear this. My condolences to he family.

That is sad news , I met Mr. Monk at Jordan and talked to him on the phone several times , he was always such a gentleman and a great resource to catching fish he will be missed , our prayers are lifted for the family .