Farmed Edistone Farm at Hartland
The funeral of Mr Augustus Thomas Walter, a well-known Hartland farmer who died at the North Devon Infirmary, Barnstaple, following a long illness, took place at Hartland Methodist Church. Cremation followed at the North Devon Crematorium.
Mr Walter, who farmed at Edistone Farm, Hartland, as did his father before him, was 70. He served in the Army in the First World War. The Walter family tradition with Edistone Farm, continued now in another generation, extends well over 100 years.
The Rev N R Neil officiated at the service and Mr W Heard at the organ accompanied the hymns. Immediate mourners attending were: the widow, Vera and Bill Dudley, and Jean, Edna and Ian, Bryan and Diana, Frank; Mr and Mrs W Scoynes, Miss D Oke, Mr and Mrs G Poole, Mr and Mrs W Scoynes jnr., Mr J Lee, Mr and Mrs A Timms, Mr and Mrs W Timms, Mr and Mrs S Oke, Mrs R Moore, Mrs J Prouse, Mr and Mrs A Bragg, Mrs A Oke, Mr and Mrs Raymont, Mr and Mrs J Bragg, Mr W R Heard; Mr and Mrs A Newton, Mr and Mrs J Walter, Mr T Walter, Mr W Walter, Mesdames M Newton, H Kinsman, S Walter, F Short, M Jeffery, M Taylor, Miss E Walter. Bearers were nephews Messrs George and Walter Timms, Maurice, Jeffery, Walter Scoynes, Jim Prouse and Alan Oke.
Others attending included: Messrs Peter Kivelly, G Tucker, R Heard, J Vanstone, Mr and Mrs A Cottle, Mr and Mrs J Brimacombe (Sunnymead), Mr and Mrs L Edwards, Mr and Mrs F Cornish, Mr and Mrs K Heard, Mr and Mrs J Brimacombe (Solden Cross), Mr and Mrs J Ward, Mr and Mrs Gilbert, Mr and Mrs J Britton, Mr and Mrs O Walter, Mr and Mrs L Heard (also representing Mrs A Dennis), Mr and Mrs S Heard, Mr and Mrs A Beer, Mr and Mrs A Hobbs, Mr and Mrs F Gifford, Mr and Mrs F Pickard, Mr and Mrs D Bragg, Mr and Mrs G Stevens, Mr and Mrs C Gardiner, Mr and Mrs W Heard, Messrs R E and D Metherall, B Isaac, F Bragg, A Hockridge, E Gardiner, F Boundy, S Botterall, D Parsons, H Ransford, A Dayman, J Cory, G Heywood, P Thorne, L Bragg, G Pengelly, R Allin, A Colwill, A Cory senr, J Littlejohns, F Pengelly, H Webber, R Hill, W L Heard, T Allin, W Cole, M Price, F Walter, W Upton, R Badcock, C Martin, F Duke, E J Fulford, L Goaman, J Heard, F Colwill, L Walter, C Westlake, L Littlejohns, Mesdames E E Hockridge, O Dawkins, T Cloke, J Short, J Grills, G Cottle, L Thorne, R Stuart, A Burrow, L Avery, Miss B Cory.
There were family flowers only. In lieu of flowers friends were invited to send memorial donations for cancer research.
Gazette article dated 3 March 1967