William A. McAllister, Jr., 88, passed away peacefully on the morning of August 5, 2017 at the Mountain Valley Hospice Home in Dobson, NC. Born in Philadelphia, PA on October 30, 1928, Bill was the beloved husband of Carol D. McAllister, father of Jill Burcham, Peggy McAllister and Alec McAllister, grandfather of eight, and great-grandfather of four.

Bill was retired CEO and President of DAR Industrial Products, Inc. in Philadelphia, PA, and founder / retired CEO of Darco Southern, Inc. in Independence, VA.

Throughout his life, Bill supported the growth of organizations and people in his local communities. He served for many years as Chairman of the Board of Twin County Regional Healthcare, and as Board Director for Wytheville Community College in Wytheville, Virginia. He was Past President and Board Director of Fluid Sealing Association. In the last 12 years of his life, Bill delighted in serving as a docent / volunteer for the Ribault Club, a historic site on Ft George Island, Florida.

Bill proudly completed his Bachelor of Science degree in Business at Ohio University in his mid-60's, forty years after he had left his studies to serve in the military, support his father in running the family business, and raise his family.

You will be missed beloved father, grandfather and friend.

Flowers are welcome, as are donations to the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC. Local funeral services will be held at Vaughan Guynn Funeral Home in Galax, Virginia on Tuesday, August 8, from 6-8 p.m. The funeral service will be held Saturday, August 12, 2017 at 2:00 PM in the St. George Episcopal Church in Fort George, Florida. Burial will follow in the Bosque Bellow Cemetery in Fernandina Beach, Florida.