EPPERSON, Wallace - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Funeral services were held Thursday, Aug. 31, at the Crumley Funeral Home, Hillsboro, for Wallace Epperson, age 85, a retired farmer and a 1ife-long resident of Fountain County, who died at 1:00 p. m. Tuesday, Aug. 29, at his home located between Veedersburg and Hillsboro. He had been in ill health since last January. The Rev. Homer Cole officiated. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery, Hillsboro. Mr. Epperson was born May 19, 1876, the son of William and Sabina Campbell Epperson. He was a graduate of Hillsboro school and attended Purdue University for a year. On Feb. 25, 1903 he and Gertrude Blue of Covington were united in marriage at Veedersburg. Mr. Epperson was a man with a wide range of interest which he maintained actice up until the last hours of his life. He was the first farmer in his area to participate in the soil conservation program and won first prize in grass waterways in 1954. He was a member of the Hillsboro Christian Church and was a charter member of the Veedersburg Municipal Band and played in for 65 years. Mr. Epperson also played in the 151st Infantry Band of the Indiana National Guard and played in the Newtown band. Surviving are his wife; two sons, Harry and Carl, of near Hillsboro; and two sisters, Mrs. Flora Carpenter of Veedersburg Rt. and Mrs. Mary De Rosier of St. Petersburg, Fla.  --typed by Walt W

HILLSBORO — Wallace B. Epperson, 85-year-old veteran farmer and musician of this community, died at 1 p.m. Tuesday at his home three miles west of Hillsboro after having been in failing health for several years. A son of William and Sabina Campbell Epperson, he was born May 1, 1876, a quarter of a mile north of the farm where he lived throughout his life. He was married in Veedersburg Feb. 25, 1903, to Gertrude Blue, who survives. Mr. Epperson was a member of the Hillsboro Christian Church. He helped to organize and was a charter member of the Veedersburg Band and played 65 years in that organization. The annual reunion of the band took place at his home in the last several years and was held there this year. He also played in the Newtown Band and for three years with the 151st Infantry Band of the Indiana National Guard. Mr. Epperson farmed all his life, and his farm was the scene of the first soil conservation experiments in this area. As late as 1954 he won a first prize for grass waterways in conservation competition. Surviving besides the widow are two sons, Harry of near Hillsboro and Carl, at home; two sisters, Mrs. Flora Carpenter of near Veedersburg and Mrs. Mary DesRosier of St. Petersburg, Fla., and two nephews, Donald Carpenter of Veedersburg and Edwin Caster of Florida. Funeral services are announced for 2 p.m. Thursday at the Crumley Funeral Home here. Rev. Homer Cole of LaFontaine, formerly of Hillsboro, will officiate and interment will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday afternoon and evening.  --typed by Walt W