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Worthy Sylvester Wilemon

6 Apr 1889 – 2 Aug 1959

Birth	6 Apr 1889
Death	2 Aug 1959
Cemetery	Fosters Chapel Cemetery Straight Mountain , Blount County , Alabama , USA
Added by	rahbm on 26 Sep 2008
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26819912

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Worthy S. Wilemon Dies At Church Rev. Worthy Sylvester Wilemon, 70, retired minister of the Church of God, died suddenly Sunday, August 2, shortly after 10:00 o'clock ar Foster's Chapel Church, where he was attending morning worship services. His death was attributed to a heart attack. In addition to his 20 years service in the ministry, Mr. Wilemon had also taught school. He was at one time a state officer for his church denomination. A native of Blount County and a resident of route four Oneonta, he was the son of the late William and Margaret Clowdus Wilemon. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Zula Ellis Wilemon; one son, H. D. Wilemon, Chattanooga; three daughters, Miss Tera Wilemon, route four Oneonta, Mrs. Hazel Hood, route one Boaz, and Mrs. Imogene Maxwell, Hueytown, two brothers, Garfield Wilemon of Sylacauga and John Wilemon of South Carolina; two sisters, Mrs. Syrena Wadsworth and Mrs. Fannie Dailey of Oneonta; six grandchildren. Funeral services were held at Foster's Chapel Church of God ad 10:30 Tuesday. Revs M.D. Harwood, I.C. Thompson and Reid Maxwell officiating. Burial was in Foster's Chapel Cemetery, Lemley Funeral Chapel in charge. [Published in The Southern Democrat - 6 Aug 1959] Worthy S. Wilemon, died on the front pew of Foster's Chapel Church of God, Straight Mountain, Blount County, Alabama. He and others had been discussing with their Pastor the forthcoming Sunday School lesson. His last words were, "there are some things we won't ever know until we get to Heaven". Worthy Sylvester Wilemon was a grandson of Pliney and Nancy Buckner Wilemon. Worthy married Zula Modelia Ellis on May 22, 1913. He became a pastor of Foster's Chapel Church of God sometime after he & Zula left the Methodist Church, after their conversion into the Church of God through the evangelism of Rev. J. B. Ellis, Zula's uncle by marriage.

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Family

Parents

• Rev William Jasper "Bill" Wilemon 1849–1918
• Nancy Margaret Clowdus Wilemon 1851–1937

Spouse

• Zula Modelia Ellis Wilemon 1891–1962 FaG

Siblings

• Eliza Nancy Louella Wilemon Maynor 1868–1891
• Eliza Catherine Wilemon Choate 1870–1959
• William Freeman Wilemon 1874–1942
• Viola Tranny Wilemon Thomas 1877–1909
• Nancy Emma Wilemon Thomas 1879–1958
• Julia Catherine Wilemon Huie 1881–1958
• Fannie Mae Wilemon Daily 1883–1959
• John Newton Wilemon 1885–1973
• Syrena Ella Wilemon Wadsworth 1886–1964
• Helen M. Wilemon 1892–1958
• Garfield Vinous Wilemon 1894–1962

Children

• Tera Vertice Wilemon Munn 1914–1970 FaG
• Technician Fourth Grade Herman Dupree Wilemon 1915–1973 FaG
• Hazel Veloy Wilemon Hood 1917–2006 FaG
• Imogene Wilemon Maxwell 1919–1987 FaG

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