Ross Wilmoth

Ross Leon Wilmoth, Sr., 80-year-old resident of Gentry, Arkansas, died Sunday, March 20, in Siloam Springs Memorial Hospital. Born September 13, 1924, in Decatur, Arkansas, he was the son of Jim Wilmoth and Liddie Dill Wilmoth. He had been 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, he had served in the U. S. Navy 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, Arizona; one sister, Pearl Fenton of Kansas City, Missouri; 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 Rochelle 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. Visitation will be held Wednesday, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Wasson Funeral Home. Funeral services will be Thursday, March 24, at 10:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Gentry with Dr. Robin Cowan and Rev. Mike Walker officiating. Burial will be in Falling Springs Cemetery with funeral services under the direction of Wasson Funeral Home. Family request in lieu of flowers, that memorial contributions be made to the Falling Springs Cemetery Association c/o Flo Dickinson, 21801 Falling Springs Road, Decatur, AR 72722. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Wasson Funeral Home, Siloam Springs, Arkansas.

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Ross Wilmoth

September 13, 1924 - March 20, 2005