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HONOR AND MEMORY TO ONE OF MY GREAT FRIENDS:

Walter W Baucum


Birth: Dec. 26, 1938
Poplarville
Pearl River County
Mississippi, USA
Death: Feb. 11, 2012
Gooding
Gooding County
Idaho, USA

Walter Winston Baucum, 73, died Feb. 11, 2012, at Bennett Hills Care and Rehabilitation Center in Gooding, Idaho, after a courageous battle with cancer.

Walter was born Dec. 26, 1938, in Poplarville, Miss., the son of Cecil and Wilma Baucum. He attended schools in Gulfport, Miss., and graduated from Gulfport High School in 1957. He was active in the Boy Scouts and became an Eagle Scout. He loved sports and was a star basketball player on the Gulfport High School basketball team.

Walter joined the U.S. Navy after graduating from high school and spent most of his four years on the West Coast. After his discharge he returned to Mississippi and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in English at the University of Southern Mississippi. He taught his first three years at Hancock North Central High School in Hancock County, Miss. (Brett Favre country). Then he taught at Harrison Central High School in Gulfport. By then he had earned a Master of Science degree in School Counseling.

Walter had a desire to live in the West, especially after a car trip there with his sister when he was 16. After getting his master's degree, he decided to head west, stopping first in Loveland, Colo., then to Rock Springs, Wyo. While living in Rock Springs, he met his future wife, Marie Sova Edwards, and her two daughters while visiting friends in Salt Lake City. They married July 2, 1976, and lived briefly in Rock Springs and Worland, Wyo., before moving to Gooding, Idaho. Walter began his teaching and high school counseling career in Shoshone High School in 1977 and taught there for 15 years. In 1992 Walter had the opportunity to teach one year for the Department of Defense in Izmir, Turkey, followed by teaching 9 years for the Idaho Department of Correction in Cottonwood, Idaho. Walter retired in 2003 and returned to Gooding.

Walter enjoyed living in Idaho. He loved the outdoors and enjoyed camping, hiking, hunting, fishing and gardening. Walt was an avid reader and had a special interest in ancient history. He enjoyed researching the topic and after retiring became the proud author of two published books about the Bronze Age.

Walter is survived by his loving wife, Marie; daughters, Christine (James) DiLella of Lansdale, PA, and Catherine Amundson (Steve France) of Gooding; a sister, Imogene Schmidt of Boca Raton, Florida; grandson, Kevin Amundson; granddaughters, Jenna Amundson, Milan DiLella and Paloma DiLella; and many extended family members.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Walter touched the lives of many people. Family, friends and students are invited to attend his memorial service at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, at Demaray Funeral Service — Gooding Chapel. Burial will follow in the Elmwood Cemetery in Gooding, Idaho, USA

Posted in Obituaries on Monday, February 13, 2012


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Parents:
Cecil J Baucum (1911 - 1967)
Wilma Ladner Baucum (1910 - 1964)