Commissioner Jonathan E. Wilson was appointed to the Panama City Commission on December 23, 1987.  He was elected to a two-year term in 1989.  In 1991, he was elected to a full four-year term and has been re-elected every four years since. 

Commissioner Wilson has resided in Panama City for 54 years.  He and his wife, Jewel, have two daughters, Annetta Wilson and Tyra Michelle Owens, and a son, Jonathan Wilson II.  Commissioner Wilson has been a self-employed barber since 1955, and is the owner of Wilson Brothers Barber and Style Shop in Panama City.

Commissioner Wilson attended public schools in Washington County before moving to Panama City in 1952.  He received a Florida Certification from the School of Barbering at Florida A & M University in Tallahassee, Florida.  He has served the Panama City community in his representation on the following boards and committees:

• Bay Medical Center Planning Board
• Advisory Board of the Salvation Army
• Panama City Bi-racial Committee for Desegregation
• Law Enforcement Advisory Board, Gulf Coast Community College
• Naval Coastal Systems Center Equal Employment Opportunity Community Advisory Committee
• Board of Directors of Bay County Mental Health Association
• Charitable Solicitations Board
• Panama City Community Concern Committee
• Gulf Coast Community College Foundation Board
• AmSouth Board of Directors
• Gulf Coast Medical Center Trustee Board
• Metropolitan Planning Organization (now Bay County Transportation Planning Organization)
• Negro Improvement Association
• Bay County Chamber of Commerce
• Gents, Inc.
• Florida State University Foundation Board