Mr. Tyler Albert Mitchell, 73, went to be with his Lord at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Salem, Roanoke, VA.

He married Brooksye Cox on January 5, 1901 in Rockingham County, NC.

He served as a Private in Company H 3rd Virginia Infantry in the Spanish American war, a conflict in 1898 between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas.

He was a farmer in Irisburg, VA.

Surviving are three sons William Tyler Wilson and Roy Parker Wilson of Irisburg, VA and Joseph Paul Wilson, Sr of Martinsville, VA, five daughters Anne Brown Wilson Dillon of Spray, NC, Bessie Wilson Crissman of Mount Airy, NC, Grace Mae Wilson Hanley of Manhattan, NY, Daisy Sunshine Wilson Mitchell of Danville, VA and Ruby Dell Wilson Harris of Irisburg.

Also surviving are four brothers Dorsey Wilson of Berry Hill, Henry Drewry Wilson of Axton, VA, James C Wilson of Raleigh, NC and Andrew Johnson Wilson of Dry Fork, VA and three sisters Bettie Wilson Salmons of Berry Hill, Sally Whitt of Washington, DC and Permelia Wilson of Berry Hill.

Funeral services were held at the home in Irisburg with Dr J P McCabe of the First Baptist Church and assistants Reverend John T Banks and Paul D Martin officiating.

Interment followed in the Wilson Cemetery near the home.

Source - Obituary, edited, The Daily Bulletin, courtesy of Carolyn Wilson Martin.

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Note - Grace Mae Wilson Hanley was living in New York when her father died. She came home to Irisburg for the his funeral and wrote the following:

Tyler Albert Wilson - The man who truely lived by the side of the road. He was a friend to man. He taught me much, the most important was "Unto thy own self be true".

And I hope Pa that now that you have crossed over on the other side of "That Curtain of Mystery" you will find peace, peace and rest. And if there is a hereafter, you joined "Mom". I shall carry on with your teaching as you would do. Your Daughter Grace

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In the picture on this FAG memorial is Tyler Albert Wilson and his daughter and my mother Daisy Sunshine Wilson Mitchell.

Second picture was taken in 1933.

My mother was born in the upstairs room of this log cabin in 1920 and I was born in the same room in 1940. Jack Mitchell