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Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Llano Cemetery with the Rev. Chester Beavers officiating. Military honors will be conveyed by the Navy. Arrangements are by Memorial Park Funeral Home, 6969 E. Interstate 40.
Mr. Wilmeth was born Nov. 4, 1957, in Tulsa, Okla., to Leo J. and Marilynn Small Wilmeth Jr. He resided with his family in Tulsa for a number of years as well as Houston and Sioux City, Iowa, before moving to Amarillo in 1973.
He attended and graduated from Tascosa High School in 1975. He was a member of the Tascosa Rodeo Club and the Tri-State High School Rodeo Association. He enlisted in the Navy in September 1975 and served on the USS Duluth and the USS Chicago, obtaining the rank of petty officer first class.
He received numerous citations and decorations for service while in the Navy. He served a total of 12 years in the military. In 1994 he moved to Oklahoma City and worked with his brother.
He contributed greatly in the recovery effort during the April 19, 1995, bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City. He received a certificate of appreciation from the Chief Medical Examiner of the State of Oklahoma for all of his help.
He became a professional truck driver in the fall of 1995 and was driving a truck at the time of his death. He was raised in the Episcopal Church. He also helped at the homeless mission in Oklahoma City serving meals and assisting in other areas.
He was preceded in death by his father, Leo, in 1981; his mother, Marilynn, in 1999; and a sister, Lisa Diane Wilmeth, in 1969.
Survivors include three brothers, Larry Wilmeth of Amarillo, Mike Wilmeth and wife, Maria, of Oklahoma City and John Wilmeth and wife, Tricia, of Pryor, Okla.; his grandfather, Dr. Ray Small of El Paso; six nephews, Jimi Wilmeth of Amarillo, Tanner Wilmeth of Stillwater, Okla., Matthew Machinski and Andrew Machinski, both of Oklahoma City, and Cody Asher and Bryson Wilmeth, both of Pryor; a niece, Brianne Wilmeth Schaffler of Amarillo; and numerous aunts and uncles.
The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
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