Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-01
JAP AIN ". 5.
 JETER DEAD Died This Morning at an Early Hour as Result of an Operation for Ap- pendicitis
FUNERAL TOMORROW
Was a Prominent Business Man Citizen, Soldier and Churchman- Biographical Sketch-Death {: Great Loss to Community.

Captain Walter Scott Jeter, the president of the Southern Grocery company, prominent member of the First Methodist church of this city, a Confederate veteran and one of the most prominent business men in this section of the state, died at his resi- dence on West Fifth avenue this morning at 8:25 o'clock after an ll- ness of few days with appendicitis. He had been i'll for a few days, bat only Wednesday morning was his condition considered critical by his physicians, and they advised an inn mediate operation, which was per formed last night.
 The funearl will be held tomorrow afternoon at ) o'clock from the family residence, No. 301 West Fifth avenue, conducted by the Reverend T. Y Ramsey, assisted by Reverend w. C. Watson. The active pail bearers have been selected from the employees of the Southern Grocery Company, of which the deceased was president and which he virtually controlled.
 Captain Jeter is survived by wife, several brothers, two daughters, Mrs. T. B. McEwen and Mrs. J. w. Will kins. and three grandchildren, Walter Wilkins Jr. and Misses Hennie and Josephine Wilkins. One of his broth CTS, J. P. Jeter, is a resident of Rich mond, Virginia, and the other broth CTS reside at Monticello.
 The Confederate Veterans will at- tend the funeral and interment in a body.
 The active pail bearers will be D. T. Lanier, T. T. Daniels, A. B. Martin, J. w. Martin, G. T. Sykes, w. A. Waldrop, w. P Cook, J. A. Bowlin. The honorary pail bearers will be C. B. Hickey (Fordyce), R. H. M. Mills, A. D. Foster, Captain John s. Bell, Doctor Junius Jordan, Doctor J. w. Withers, Doctor c. w. Mayfeld, Gus Waterman, E. c. Howell, E. Ryland. Biographical.
 Captain Walter Scott Jeter was born in Amelia county, Virginia, in 1S43, and while yet boy, he moved l to Monticello, Arkansas, in 1860 When the War of Secession broke out he sided with the South, and enlisted in the James A. Jackson Company of Fagans Regiment, and served throughout the entire war, and was paroled with the other soldiers in 1865. He then went back to his former home in Monticello, where he engaged in the mercantile business. He con- tinued there until 19 years ago, when he closed out his business and came to Pine Bluff, where, immediately up- on his arrival, he established the Southern Grocery Company, which has since, under his able manage+ ment, grown to be one of the largest wholesale grocery houses in the state. Since that time he has resided in this city with his family, where he has made a large number of friends.
 He had become very prominent in business circles, and in late years he has been connected prominently with almost every important business en- terprise started here He was prom inent member of the Confederate Vet erans, and for several years held the office of Brigadier General of the Second Brigade of the Arkansas Di- vision.
 Captain Jeter's death will be felt greatly by his large circle Of friends and especially by the business men of the city, among whom he was known to be one of the most prominent in