Obit of Wilson Sr, Doyle A - Pontotoc County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Gene Phillips  <okarchives@comcast.net>    27 Jan 2008
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::Center Ridge Cemetery--Maud TX

Wilson Sr., Doyle A.

Doyle A. Wilson, Sr., 70, of Ada, OK, died August 4, 2005, in Dubach, 
LA. Mr. Wilson was born Sept. 28, 1934, in Hampton, AR to Idus and 
Bessie Martin Wilson. He was a retired school superintendent and 
decorated veteran. He was a member of the Trinity Baptist Church in 
Ada. Doyle graduated from Fairview High School of Camden, AR in 1952. 
He enlisted in the Marine Corps and saw action in Korea. After 
receiving his B.S. Degree from Henderson State Teachers College in 
Arkadelphia, AR, he began his career as an assistant coach in Pine 
Bluff, AR, where he met his wife Shirley, a teacher at Pine Bluff 
High School. They were married August 29, 1959. In 1960 The Wilsons 
moved to Natalia, TX where he was Athletic Director, head coach and 
Principal grades 1 through 8. After he completed his Master of 
Education at East Texas State College in Commerce, TX in 1963, he 
returned to Arkansas as Superintendent of Norman Public Schools. In 
1966, he received his Degree of Advance Study from the University of 
Arkansas. In 1967 he was commissioned first lieutenant in Adjutant 
General Corps. U. S. Army, he was assigned to headquarters for U. S. 
Army in Hawaii, Schofield Barracks in 1967. He was Budget Director of 
non-appropriated Funds for U. S. Army Hawaii. Captain Wilson 
volunteered for Vietnam and served as 1st Cavalry Division Personnel 
Officer. Returning to school administration, he was Superintendent of 
Maud I.S.D. in Maud, TX thirteen years before moving to Wheeler, TX 
as Superintendent of Wheeler, I.S. D. In 1989 he retired and moved to 
Oklahoma to continue his career in Arapaho and Allen. He retired 
again in 1995 to spend time with his grandchildren. Survivors 
include: his wife, Shirley Wilson of Ada, OK; one son, Doyle A. 
Wilson, Jr. of Arlington, TX; one daughter, Miriam Elizabeth Atwood 
of Liberal, KS; his mother, Bessie Anders of Oakridge Nursing Home in 
El Dorado, AR; one sister, Syble Evans of Manteca, CA; and three 
grandchildren, Tyler Eaton of Clinton, OK; Ryan Atwood and Kali 
Atwood of Liberal, KS. He was preceded in death by his Father, Idus 
Wilson and a brother, Ivan Wilson. Services were August 9, 2005, at 
First Baptist Church in Maud, TX with the Revs. Brandon Womack and 
Jerry Jones officiating. Interment at Center Ridge Cemetery in Maud, 
TX. The following served as pallbearers: Jim Seals, Robert Stinnett, 
George Frost, Jim Slider, Gary White, Donald Warrington, and Roy 
Baird. Allen Nance and Don Ruggles of Texarkana presented a flag to 
his wife.

Published in The Oklahoman on 8/21/2005.
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