17 May 1912
Macon Weekly Telegraph, Georgia
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS
WILLIAM E. WILDER
William E. Wilder, aged 57 years, died Thursday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at the family residence, 27 Montpelier avenue, after a lengthy illness.
Mr. Wilder was for a number of years connected with the Mansfield Dray Line Company and was also prominent in real estate circles. He had many friends in the city who will be grieved to learn of his death.
He is survived by his wife and three daughters, Mrs. A. J. Davis, Miss Ida and Miss Willie Wilder, of Macon. His father, J. J. Wilder, of Jacksonville, Fla., and E. L. Wilder, of Hastings, Fla., also survive him.
The funeral services will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock from the residence. Rev. Mr. Tinley will conduct the services. The remains will be interred in the family burial grounds at Ebenezer church.
The pallbearers will be W. H. Mansfield, J. N. Birch, E. L. Brown, E. E. Valentine, W. A. Patillo, and Louis Thorpe.
Mr. Wilder was a member of the National Union.
