Robert Deloy Wilson, 77, died July 16 at Windcrest Alzheimer Care Center in Abilene. Services were July 19 at Riley Funeral Home Chapel with George Tolbert officiating. Burial was at Indian Gap Cemetery.
Mr. Wilson was born April 26, 1922, the son of the late Eph B. and Esther Brown Wilson.
He was a lifetime resident of Indian Gap and the Pottsville area. He was married to Sylvia Mae Embrey in 1946. She precedes him in death.
He served in World War II with the 82nd Airborne as a paratrooper on the D-Day invasion. He was active in the community affairs of the Pottsville community and of Hamilton County.
He served on the Pottsville School Board and as an officer with Farm Bureau. He also took great interest in the youth of the community, often working with the Future Farmers of America as a sponsor.
He was preceded in death by his wife, one granddaughter, Kelly Pinkerton, and two brothers, Marlin and Jimmy Wilson.
Survivors include five daughters, Patricia Boulton of Austin, Cindy Kile of Garland, Jennifer Dickerson of Abilene, Debra Hanes of Lanham and Roberta Pinkerton of Comanche; six sisters, Nona Fe Wiedebusch and Joan Giese, both of Hamilton; Wanda Baier of Parr, Anella VanHuss of Midland, Nita Jean Rongey of Clear Oak, Calif., and Chyrel Daniel of Portland, Oregon; a brother, Bill Wilson of Hamilton, eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Robert Deloy Wilson, 77, died July 16 at Windcrest Alzheimer Care Center in Abilene. Services were July 19 at Riley Funeral Home Chapel with George Tolbert officiating. Burial was at Indian Gap Cemetery.
Mr. Wilson was born April 26, 1922, the son of the late Eph B. and Esther Brown Wilson.
He was a lifetime resident of Indian Gap and the Pottsville area. He was married to Sylvia Mae Embrey in 1946. She precedes him in death.
He served in World War II with the 82nd Airborne as a paratrooper on the D-Day invasion. He was active in the community affairs of the Pottsville community and of Hamilton County.
He served on the Pottsville School Board and as an officer with Farm Bureau. He also took great interest in the youth of the community, often working with the Future Farmers of America as a sponsor.
He was preceded in death by his wife, one granddaughter, Kelly Pinkerton, and two brothers, Marlin and Jimmy Wilson.
Survivors include five daughters, Patricia Boulton of Austin, Cindy Kile of Garland, Jennifer Dickerson of Abilene, Debra Hanes of Lanham and Roberta Pinkerton of Comanche; six sisters, Nona Fe Wiedebusch and Joan Giese, both of Hamilton; Wanda Baier of Parr, Anella VanHuss of Midland, Nita Jean Rongey of Clear Oak, Calif., and Chyrel Daniel of Portland, Oregon; a brother, Bill Wilson of Hamilton, eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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