On Tuesday, January 12, 2021, Carey Walter Wilmoth, Jr. passed away at age 88. Walt, as he was known to family and friends, was born on May 28, 1932 in Newport News, VA to Carey and Louise (Owen) Wilmoth. He married Jean Carolyn Stinneford on June 8, 1952 in Hampton, VA. After voluntarily serving in the Navy during the Korean War, Walt completed a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering at Virginia Tech and a master’s of business administration from UNC-Greensboro. He retired in 1990 from a life-long career at AT&T/Western Electric in Winston-Salem, NC, where he took pride in teaching community college courses part-time, helping organize the charitable Crosby Golf Tournament, and serving on the Truliant Federal Credit Union Board of Directors. After Jean’s passing in 1998, he married Anita Whitfield, of Gulf Shores, AL, on September 21, 2002. They relocated to Auburn, AL in 2005, where they were active members of the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church and enjoyed taking classes at the Auburn University Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Walt was a consummate dresser who liked to look sharp in the latest styles. We will always remember him doing what he loved the most: dancing to big band music, drinking a glass of fine wine, playing tennis, and flying kites on the beach with his family. A poet himself, one of his favorite poems was by Wordsworth: “The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;…” Walt is predeceased by his parents, first wife (Jean), and sisters (Marion and Patricia). He is survived by his four children - Dirk Wilmoth (Kathryn), Weaverville, NC, Sharon Wilmoth (Piper Millsaps), Winston-Salem, NC, Wenda Clinard (Wake), Lewisville, NC, and Janet Wilmoth (Brian Durkin), Syracuse, NY – eleven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren, and his second wife Anita Wilmoth and her three children – Sharon Massey (Jarrod), Montgomery, AL, Lynn Williams (Jerry), Auburn, AL, and Britt Strickland (Teresa) Wetumpka, AL – seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. There will be a family gravesite service at a latter date. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the following organizations or to a charity of your choice: Winston-Salem Rescue Mission, 718 North Trade Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101, Telephone (336) 723-1848; Lee County Literacy Coalition,1365 Gatewood Drive #519, Auburn, AL 36830, Telephone (334) 705-0001
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