Donald Roy Wilson

Donald Roy Wilson POUNDING MILL, Va. Mr. Donald Roy Wilson, age 77, of 2879 Wardell Road, died Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, at a Richlands, Va., hospital following a brief illness. He was born in Richlands and was a son of the late Roy Glen and Marjorie Lester Wilson, both Tazewell County natives. He was a lifelong resident of the Tazewell County area, a 1950 graduate of Richlands High School, a U.S. Navy Korean War Ceteran, and was a member of the Tazewell Presbyterian Church. He was a retired brakeman for Norfolk & Western and Norfolk & Southern Railway and was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. He was a member of the Sandy Valley Masonic Lodge 17 and Kazim Temple of Roanoke, Va. He was an avid fisherman and member of the Falls Mills Fishing Club and was also a great gardener who loved to share his bounty. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Peggy Smith Wilson; and two brothers-in-law, James "Tince" Smith and Douglas A. Smith. Survivors are: his wife, Mrs. Barbara Steele Vandyke Wilson; one stepson, Mr. Joseph Vandyke and wife, Laura of Sterling, Va.; one sister, Mrs. Janet Wilson Smith of Blountville, Tenn.; three grandchildren who were the love of his life, James Vandyke, Emily Vandyke, and Christine Vandyke; one sister-In-law, Jimmie Ruth Speeks and husband, Dwight; nephews, Randy Smith and wife, Karen and Jeff Smith and wife, Anne; nieces, Cathy Cox and husband, Greg and Terri Alsbrook; great-nephews, Jason Alsbrook, Will Smith, Evan Smith, Avery Smith, and Graham Smith; great- nieces, Erin Hanna and husband, Dylann, Jessica Blankenship and husband, Eddie, and Kelly Smith; extended family, Raymond Smith and wife, Anna of Winston-Salem, N.C., and Mary Jane Lockhart and husband, Jim of Matthews, N.C. Funeral services for Mr. Donald Roy Wilson will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel in Richlands with Rev. Greg Wood officiating. Interment will follow in the Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery in Richlands. Pallbearers will be: Bill Nearhood, Carlton Gobble, Terry Morris, Gordon Kreiner, Rod Cury, Freddie Smith, Charlie Irvin, and Roger Weaver. Members of Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen will serve as honorary pallbearers. Members of the Casey-Shortt VFW Post 9640 will conduct military graveside rites. Friends called at the Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands after 6 p.m. Tuesday. Memorial contributions may be made to the Presbyterian Children's Home, P.O. Box 545, Wytheville, VA 24382. Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands is in charge of arrangements and those wishing to send online condolences may do so at www.hurstscottfuneralhomes.com