Tuesday August 1, 1950 State Paper

Wilton McCoy Bethea

Dillon---July 31---(Special)---Wilton McCoy Bethea, 21, son of Mrs Myrtle Berry Bethea and the late Wade Bethea, died suddenly today after a brief illness. He reported for work this morning at Dillon Motor Sales, where he has been employed for four years, and became sick shortly thereafter. He was taken home by a fellow employee and a physician summoned. The physician administered a shot and sent him to the hospital but he was dead upon arrival.

Besides his mother, he is survived by two brothers, Grady and Herbert, and two sisters, Katherine and Jeanette.

Funeral services will be conducted at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon from the Bethea funeral home by the Rev A T Usher. Interment will be in Riverside Cemetery.

Submitted by Carolyn Klear, 22 Sep 2002.

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