Wiley Carroll Vail

The Enid News and Eagle Tue Jan 04, 2011, 11:33 PM CST

The funeral service for Wiley C. Vail, 86-year-old Enid resident, will be 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, at Anderson-Burris Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Gary Miller will officiate. Burial will follow in Sunnyside Cemetery, Lahoma. Visitation with the family will be 6:30-8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Wiley was born May 30, 1924, in North Palmyra Township, Ill., to Verdie and Bessie (Strange) Vail and died Monday Jan. 3, 2011, at St. Mary's Regional Medical Center. Wiley was a gunner in the U.S. Army, serving in the Philippines and Solomon Islands. He was a member of the American Legion. He was awarded two bronze stars for his service to his country. Wiley and Virginia Hilderbrand were married Feb. 10, 1947, in Morganfield, Ky. Wiley worked 27 years for Martin Rat Hole Drilling and 20 years for Myers Implement. Upon his retirement he started Vail small engine repair. He is survived by his wife, Virginia; sons, Donnie Vail of Enid and Steve Vail and companion Lashelle Kelley of Enid; daughter, Brenda Nash of Drummond; 10 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Wanda Brinkley of Flora, Ill., Rajean and Hunter Connell of Flora, Ill., and Floretta and Jerry Hilderbrand of Louisville, Ill. He was preceded in death by his parents Verdie and Bessie Vail, daughter-in-law Linda Vail, six sisters Freda Wheeler, Verna Williams, Mary Lagle, Doris Hilderbrand, Luceil Holcomb, Pearl Wheeler and one brother Ed Vail. Donations may be made to VFW and DAV. (Submitted by family)