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Clyde Fairfax ‘Dixie’ Wilmeth Jr.
WILMINGTON Clyde Fairfax “Dixie” Wilmeth Jr., 89, peacefully passed away Monday, April 19, 2021, at home. He was born Nov. 18, 1931, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Clyde F. Wilmeth Sr. and Flora Moore Wilmeth.
Following his birth, the family moved to Elkmont in the eastern mountains of Tennessee. While there, he attended a one-room schoolhouse with one teacher for all 12 grades. After 5 years, the family moved back north to Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, where he was given the nickname “Dixie,” which remained with him his entire life.
After Lower Merion High School, he graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He captained the 1954 Soccer Team and was inducted into the UPENN Hall of Fame in 2015. He also played varsity lacrosse and was a brother of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.