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Submitted: 11/30/14 • Approved: 1/20/20 • Last Updated: 1/23/20 • R1054178-G0-S3
Ross
US Navy
World War II
September 13, 1924 - March 20, 2005
*Obituary
The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
Ross Leon Wilmoth Sr., 80-year-old resident of Gentry died Sunday, March 20, 2005, at Siloam Springs Memorial Hospital. Born Sept. 13, 1924, in Decatur, he was the son of Jim Wilmoth and Liddie Dill Wilmoth. He bad hen a lifetime resident of the Gentry and Falling Springs area. Mr. Wilmoth was a self-employed, owner-operator of a heavy-equipment business, a cattle rancher and owner-operator of Wild Wilderness Safari. A veteran of World War II, be served in the U.S. Nary and was a member of the American Legion post in Gentry. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Gentry.
Survivors include his wife, Freda of the home; four sons, Ross Leon Wilmoth Jr. and his wife Gayla, James Lewis Wilmoth and his wife Jodie, Freddy Mack Wilmoth Sr. and his wife Patricia "Sissy," Charles William Wilmoth and his wife Rayetta, all of Gentry; four daughters, Linda Joy Hook and her husband Floyd of Gentry, Sheva Jean Thompson and her husband Butch of Siloam Springs, Lisa Ann Wilmoth of Gentry and Chana Rose Kooistra and her husband Aaron of Siloam Springs; two brothers, James Edward Wilmoth of Siloam Springs and Jerry Wilmoth of Prescott, Ariz.; one sister, Pearl Fenton of Kansas City, Mo.; seven grandsons, Christopher Jason Hook, Ross Leon "Trey" Wilmoth III and his wife Christen, Joshua Taylor Wilmoth, Thomas Harry Wilmoth, Freddy Mack Wilmoth Jr., Branton Leon Thompson and Jaxon James Kooistra; nine granddaughters, Kristen Janece Hook, Angela Marie Beeler and her husband Roy, Jessica Dawn Wilmoth, Casey Ruchelle Wilmoth, Jaiden Laine Wilmoth, Sara Jean Thompson, Megan Ann McGarrah, Meranda Ann McGarrah and Abigail Elaine Wilmoth; two great-grandsons, "Ross" Leon Wilmoth IV and Hudson Lewis Noel Wilmoth and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by three brothers, Ray Mack Wilmoth, Harry Amos Wilmoth and Charles William Wilmoth; and one grandson, Jarod Clint Hook.
Visitation will to from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Wasson Funeral Home in Siloam Springs.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 24, at the First Baptist Church in Gentry with Dr. Robin Cowan and the Rev. Mike Walker officiating.
Burial will he in Falling Springs Cemetery.
The family requests in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be made to the Falling Springs Cemetery Association, c/o Flo Dickinson, 21801 Falling Springs Road, Decatur, 72722. To sign the online guest book, visit www.wassonfuneralhome.com.
Contributed on 11/30/14 by wfields55
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