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     Ashby Stephen Wilson was buried at Parklawn Memorial Park, 2551 North Armistead Avenue, Hampton, Virginia.^2,4 His Social Security Number was 226-14-4658.⁶ He was born on May 4, 1911 at Phoebus, Virginia.^1,6,2 He married Margaret Lucy Scott, daughter of James C. Scott and Maude Merle Alexander, on July 3, 1940 at Hampton, Virginia.^1,4,5 Ashby Stephen Wilson died on October 4, 1999 at Richmond, Virginia, at age 88.^6,2,3,4 He Ashby Stephen Wilson of Hampton died Oct. 4, 1999, in Richmond at the age of 88. He is survived by his wife, Margaret Scott Wilson; his son, Ashby S. Wilson Jr. of Richmond; his daughter, Jane Wilson Hardy of Baltimore, Md; his brother, John E. Wilson of Richmond; his sister, Virginia Halliday of Williamsburg; and four grandchildren, Ashby Stephen Wilson III and Elizabeth Tinsley Wilson of Richmond and George Edward Hardy IV and Katherine Coriell Hardy of Baltimore, Md. Mr. Wilson was a graduate of Virignia Military Institute, served with the 111th Field Artillery of the 29th Division during World War II and retired as a colonel from the U.S. Army. A lifelong resident of Hampton, Mr. Wilson retired from the Piping Design Department of the Newport News Shipyard in 1975. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Hampton, the VMI Keydets Club, the Hampton Historical Society and was a contract bridge life master. A graveside service with military honors will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 8, in Parklawn Memorial Park by the Rev. John B. Morris. on October 6, 1999.⁴

     His Social Security Number was 230-54-9357.⁷ Ashby Stephen Wilson Jr. was buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.^1,6 He was born on August 10, 1941 at Baltimore, Maryland.^7,1,5,6 He married Nancy Elizabeth Tinsley on July 9, 1966 at Lynchburg, Virginia.^1,4,5,6 Ashby Stephen Wilson Jr. died on January 17, 2002 at Chesterfield Co., Virginia, at age 60.^7,1,2,6 He Ashby Stephen Wilson Jr. of 3205 Barnes Spring Ct., Midlothian, Va., died January 17, 2002. He is survived by his wife, Nancy Tinsley Wilson; his son, Ashby Stephen Wilson III, Richmond; his daughter, Elizabeth Tinsley Wilson, Richmond; and his sister, Jane Wilson Hardy of Rock Hall, Md. Ashby was born August 10, 1941 to the late Margaret Scott Wilson and Ashby Stephen Wilson Sr. Ashby grew up in Hampton, Va., graduating from Hampton High School. He received Masters degrees in English Literature and Library Science from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Ashby was the Director of the Mathews Memorial Library in Mathews, Va. He was previously the Director of Rappahannock Community College Library in Warsaw, the central computer coordinator for the Virginia Community College System and the Director of Automation for the Commonwealth of Virginia State Library. For the past several years, Ashby taught English classes at Rappahannock Community College. Before returning to Virginia, Ashby was the Director of Automation for the North Carolina State Library in Raleigh and worked in the Greensboro Public Library as the Automated Library Information System manager. The family will receive friends Sunday, January 20, 3 to 5 p.m. at the Huguenot Chapel, Woody Funeral Home, 1020 Huguenot Rd., where services will be held Monday, January 21, at 1 p.m. Interment Hollywood Cemetery. on January 20, 2002.⁶