Tim Allen Wilemon

Tim Allen Wilemon, 63, of Iuka, Mississippi, died Wednesday, January 30, 2013, at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Iuka. Tim was a former tugboat deckhand, a former radio dispatcher and always a fighter. At age 19, he survived crashing his Dodge Coronet into a ravine on Highway 72 - an accident that left him paralyzed and put him in a coma that would last for 45 days. After years of rehabilitation, he gained the ability to live independently, to drive again, to attend college and to work a fulltime job. He made handcrafted jewelry and sold it, wheeling from door-to-door using only the strength of his arms for propulsion along the graveled roads of Holcut. He won a handicapped achievement award from the Tennessee Valley Authority for his service as a base station operator during the site preparation for the Yellow Creek Nuclear Plant. Tim loved watching Western movies, petting dogs and laughing with friends. He attended Hubbard Salem Church. Visitation is scheduled for 4:00 until 8:00 p.m., Thursday, January 31, at Cutshall Funeral Home in Iuka. Funeral services are scheduled for 1:00 p.m., Friday, February 1, at Cutshall Funeral Home Chapel in Iuka, officiated by Bro. Joe Hardwick and Bro. Mitchell McNeese. Interment will follow in Hubbard Salem Cemetery. Pallbearers include Charles Hardwick, Larry Hardwick, Kenny Morgan, Randy Wilemon, Ronnie Thompson, and Kenny Thompson. Cutshall Funeral Home of Iuka, MS is entrusted with arrangements. He is survived by his parents, Dorville E. and Betty Hardwick Wilemon of Iuka, MS; two brothers, Rex Wilemon and wife, Paula, of Southaven, MS, and Tommy Wilemon of Nashville, TN; one sister, Treva Lee and husband, Tom, of Corinth, MS; five nieces and nephews; and six great-nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Dewey and Alice Wilemon, and Mack and Mattie Harwick. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Memorial and Honor Program, by phone (901) 578-2805, or online at www.stjude.org/donate.