Calling hours for the former congressman are this weekend

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

Calling hours for former U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson, who died Sunday, will be Saturday and Sunday at the Bridgeport School District auditorium.

The Saturday hours are 2 to 8 p.m. A vigil will begin at 4 p.m. Sunday with calling hours ending at 8 p.m.

The school is located at 55707 Industrial Drive in Bridgeport in Belmont County.

The public also is invited to attend a visitation at St. Mary Catholic Church, 226 W. Main St., St. Clairsville, at 9:30 a.m. Monday followed by a Liturgy with Mass at 10 a.m., according to a statement Wednesday from Wilson’s family.

The family asks that contributions be made in Wilson’s memory to the Charlie Wilson Leadership Program in care of Ohio University Eastern’s Dean’s Office, 45425 National Road West, St. Clairsville, OH 43950.

Wilson, 70, died Sunday of complications from a stroke he suffered Feb. 21 in Florida.

Wilson, a Democrat from St. Clairsville, served two terms in the U.S. House, representing Ohio’s 6th Congressional District, and then lost in 2010 to Republican Bill Johnson of Marietta. Wilson lost a rematch to Johnson in November 2012.

Wilson also previously served 10 years in the state Legislature.