Betty Louise Wilson

With Heavy Hearts we announce the passing of our beloved wife and mother, Betty Louise (Shuck) Wilson, on the 23rd of June 2025. She was welcomed into the arms of her loving Lord while resting peacefully in her home, surrounded by her family, just weeks before her 80th birthday.

Born and raised in Fayetteville, West Virginia, she was a proud daughter of a coal miner and a homemaker. It was there she met and married the love of her life, Richard Wilson, her beloved husband of 62 years.

After graduating from high school Betty set off with Richard to Washington D.C., where she worked for the Navy department at the age of 18. One of her many duties included Project Greek Island, and underground bunker containment at the Greenbrier Hotel in WV, built to house congressmen and other dignitaries in the event of war. Following their years in D.C. they made the decision to move to Woodsfield, Ohio, where she worked as an assistant for the law firm of Alan Sherry while raising their two young daughters. Career changes eventually brought the family to Lancaster, OH in 1972 where she went to work for Anchor Hocking. In 1978 she accepted a position as the assistant to the Senior Vice President of American Electric Power until her retirement in 1992.

Betty was a kind-hearted and compassionate woman who was welcoming to all. She truly never met a stranger and was quick to engage all she encountered in friendly conversation. A faithful member of the First United Methodist Church in Lancaster, OH and Bradenton, FL. She will be dearly missed by her large circle of friends, family, and neighbors.

Welcoming her into her heavenly home are her parents, Edgar Tolly and Mary Alice (Martin) Shuck; brother and sister-in-law Richard and Emma Jean Shuck; sisters Rebecca Corwin, Barbara Bradshaw, and Delores Shuck; brother and sister-in-law Tommy and Shirley Wilson; brother-in-law Walker Shumake; father and mother-in-law Charles (Dick) and Thelma Wilson; and brothers-in-law Frankie, Brownie, and Pat Wilson.

She is survived by her husband Richard Wilson; daughters Cynthia Geiger (Harry) and Tina Smidebush (Jerry); grandchildren Elizabeth Haines (John), Kathyrn Lewis (Matthew), Rylee Stadwick (Noah), Chase Gillium, Michelle Bell-Sharp (Cody), Samantha Thompson (Clint),and Danielle Neal (Andrew); great-grandchildren Wesley, Wilson, Blair, Millie, Tucker, Titus, Shepard, Judah, Caleb, Hayloh, and Lyla; brother and sister-in-law Robert and Kathleen Shuck; sister-in-law Betty Shumake; brother-in-law Kim Bradshaw; and many nieces and nephews.

The family will receive visitors at Dodd-Payne-Hess Funeral Home, 350 W. Maple Ave, Fayetteville, WV for one hour prior to a graveside service which will be held at 1:00 P.M. Thursday, June 26, 2025 at Huse Memorial Park, 124 Park Drive, Fayetteville, WV.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to be given to FairHope Hospice, Lancaster, Ohio.