An OPEN LETTER to … Jason Wilson and the Wilson Family …

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Folks:

We are so very sorry for the tragedy that took place last night. You have become community members like your father was before his untimely passing, and we want you to know we are here for you just as we were here for him because, frankly, he was there for us.

Some of us have filled our homes with furniture from that store while others dreamed as children to do the same. It was with a sense of accomplishment we felt when we purchased our family’s first couch or our marriage’s first bedroom set only after driving by and dreaming about it during our childhoods.

Wilson Furniture was a standard and it will be missed. If resurrection is your choice, we will be there to support once again.

Sincerely,

Your Friends

Steve Novotney
Steve Novotney
Steve Novotney has been a professional journalist for 33 years, working in print for weekly, daily, and bi-weekly publications, writing for a number of regional and national magazines, host baseball-related talks shows on Pittsburgh’s ESPN, and as a daily, all-topics talk show host in the Wheeling and Steubenville markets since 2004. Novotney is the co-owner, editor, and co-publisher of LEDE News, and is the host of “Novotney Now,” a daily program that airs Monday-Friday from 3-6 p.m. on River Talk 100.1 & 100.9 FM.

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