WILSON, Jean Lavon Donaldson, 84, of the Good 
Shepherd Nursing Home, Wheeling, passed away on 
Tuesday, April 27, 2010, at the home.

She was born February 22, 1926, in Bellaire, 
Ohio, daughter of the late John and Lumelia Boyd 
Donaldson.

Mrs. Wilson was retired from the Dixie Manor 
Shelter Care Home, Harvey, Illinois, as Activity 
and Social Rehabilitation Director.  She was a 
member of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church in 
Triadelphia.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in 
death by her husband, Lonnie Wilson in 1995; a 
sister, Geraldine Richards; and a brother, John 
Donaldson.

Surviving are her son, James Donaldson and his 
wife, Letitia of Wheeling; a brother, Charles 
Donaldson of College Park, GA; six sisters, Anna 
Lewis of Columbus, OH, Edna Simms and Margaret 
Rieves of Wheeling, Minnie Price of St. 
Clairsville, OH, Glenda Donaldson of New Jersey, 
and Ina Brown of Triadelphia; two grandsons, 
Shawn Donaldson and his wife, Elaine, and Keith 
Donaldson all of Wheeling; two great-
grandaughters, Alexa and Sierra Donaldson of 
Wheeling, and a host of nieces and nephews.

Friends will be received on Friday, April 30, 
2010, at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 
Triadelphia, from 10 a.m. until time of services 
at 12 Noon, with the Reverend William Allen, Jr. 
officiating.   Interment in Greenwood Cemetery, 
Wheeling.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Mt. 
Zion Baptist Church, RR 1 Box 423, Church 
Street, Triadelphia, WV 26059.

Arrangements by the Kepner Funeral Home, 166 
Kruger Street, Elm Grove, Wheeling.

Personal condolences may be offered to the 
family at www.kepnerfuneral.com.