Jerry Wilmoth

Funeral service for Mr. Jerry Wilmoth, 80, of Cookeville will be held Monday, July 2 at 10 a.m. in the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home. Interment with military honors provided by the Veterans Honor Guard will following in Crest Lawn Cemetery. Rev. James Haynes and Rev. Clarence Jared will officiate. The family will receive friends Sunday, July 1, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Monday 9 a.m. until service time at the funeral home. Mr. Wilmoth died Friday, June 29, 2012 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. He was born February 21, 1932 in Putnam County, TN to the late William and Margaret Cannon Wilmoth. Mr. Wilmoth was a member of Hampton Crossroads Baptist Church and also attended Cookeville Life Church. He became a barber in 1959 and owned and operated Jerry's Barber Shop from 1965 to 2010. He raised and showed chickens in poultry shows since age 7 and helped create interest in young people by giving them chickens to raise also. He was a member of the Upper Cumberland Fancy Feather Club. He also was a volunteer with Pacesetters especially helping at the Pacesetters Day at the Putnam County Fair since 2001. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean Conflict. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Norman Wilmoth and William Wilmoth. Mr. Wilmoth is survived by his wife of 27 years, Dean Brady Wilmoth (whom he married October 21, 1984 in Cookeville); son and daughter-in-law, Greg and Annette Goss of Cookeville; four daughters and two sons-in-law, Cindy Wilmoth of Cookeville; Trenda and Mike Moss of Gallatin; Tonya and Randall Johnson of Algood and Perri Wilmoth; three grandchildren, Lauren (DJ) Riley, Casey Moss and Mallory Johnson and two great grandchildren, JohnT Riley and Wyatt Riley and one brother, Ralph (Wilma) Wilmoth of Cookeville. Pallbearers will be Kenny Wilmoth, Danny Wilmoth, Mark Brady, Mike Brady, Randall Johnson and Mike Moss.