More detail on this person: Roosevelt "Roe" T. Wilson, Jr., 61, of Lacey, WA, died October 11 after a battle with lung cancer and a brain tumor. He was born June 19, 1944, in Clinton, SC. Wilson joined the Army after graduating from Austin Peay High School in Knowville, TN, in 1962. Wilson served two tours in Vietnam and retired from the Army after 23 years as a CW3. For much of his Army career he was a helicopter instructor pilot. He was a graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He began working for the State of Washington in 1986 and was working for the Office of Insurance Commissioner at the time of his death. His wife, Janet; a son, Franklin of Olympia; a daughter, Shyla, of Kanas; his stepson, Bruce, of Lacey; his mother, Mary; his half-brother, Lee Goodman of Tennessee; and seven grandchildren survive Wilson. A daughter, Mary, preceded him in death.
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