Arthur O. Wilson
Mapletown resident
Arthur O. Wilson, 89, of Mapletown, Greene County, died Friday, August 23, 2013, and went to be with his Lord Jesus Christ.
He was born April 11, 1924, in Lake Lynn, a son of the late Herbert Wilson and Cora Graham Wilson.
Also deceased are his loving wife of 65 years, Rhea Wilson; infant son Arthur Edmund Wilson; stepmother Opel Wilson; brothers Howard, Frank and Thomas Wilson; and sisters Virginia Presock, Dorothy Halpka, Ilene Halbert, Glenna Kramer and Margaret Lemke.
Mr. Wilson was a U.S. Navy veteran, serving during World War II.
He was retired from Shannopin Mining Co. and was a longtime member of United Mine Workers of America Local 6159, Bobtown Volunteer Fire Department, Bobtown United Methodist Church, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6303 of Greensboro, American Legion Post 499 of Point Marion, Valley Lodge 459 F&AM, Uniontown Lodge of Perfection and Pittsburgh Consistry.
Surviving are his loving family, including four children, David Wilson and wife Debbie of Greensboro, Terry Wilson and wife Terry of Beaver Falls, Susan Drew and husband Keith of Greensboro and Artie Wilson and wife Bobbi Jo; 12 grandchildren, Kathy, Bryan, Karen, Sharon, Krissy, Jason, Jennifer, Beth, Ryan, Brittany, Jackie and Nikki; 13 great-grandchildren; a brother, Billie Joe Wilson; a sister, Mildred Vazquez and husband Tito; and a half sister, Novella Shaffer.
The family will receive friends from 2 to 9 p.m. Sunday and until 11 a.m., the time of service, Monday, August 26, in Richard R. Herod Funeral Home, 501 Morgantown Street, Point Marion, with the Rev. Kenneth Haines and the Rev. Gail Cobb officiating. Interment will follow in Mount Moriah Baptist Cemetery, Smithfield. Military rites will be accorded by American Legion Post 499 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 747 of Point Marion. Masonic memorial service by Valley Lodge 459 F&AM will be at 7 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Bobtown United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 172, Bobtown, PA 15315.
The Amedysis Hospice and staff, especially including Krystle, Scott and Joe, provided tender loving care to him.