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Effie M WILMOTH

Falling Springs (Decatur) Cemetery
Benton County,
Arkansas

Walter
August 24, 1891 - March 21, 1934

*Obituary
Benton County Record & Democrat
Thursday, March 22, 1934

DECATUR FRUIT GROWER DIES AFTER OPERATION

Walter Wilmoth, age 43 years, a well known fruit grower of the Decatur community, died at the Siloam Springs hospital last night following an emergency operation of appendicitis Monday. He was taken ill the week before. Mr. Wilmoth was a brother-in-law of County Judge David Compton.

Funeral services will be held this Thursday afternoon with burial in Falling Springs cemetery west of Decatur.

Mr. Wilmoth, the son Charles and Sarah Wilmoth, was born in the Falling Springs community in 1891. In 1919 he married Miss Effie Clem of Decatur. He engaged in farming and fruit growing and his 80 acre apple orchard was one of the best in western Benton county.

Besides his widow he is survived by his mother, Mrs. Charles Wilmoth, two sisters, Mrs. Ida Wilmoth Compton of Bentonville and Miss Vida Wilmoth of Decatur, also by three brothers, James, Ira and Ernest Wilmoth, all of the Decatur community.

Effie
1894 - 1963

Contributed on 11/30/14 by wfields55
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Submitted: 11/30/14 • Approved: 12/11/14 • Last Updated: 8/29/23 • R1054169-G1054168-S3

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