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WILLIAM PEPPER III

Gainesville, Florida

1928 - 2018

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PEPPER III, WILLIAM (BILL) MULLIN William (Bill) Mullin Pepper III passed away 8 days before his 90th birthday on December 22, 2018. Bill was born on December 30, 1928 in Gainesville and graduated from Gainesville High in 1946. He received his BA from UF in 1949 where he was Captain of the Gator...

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A long time ago, in Dallas, Bill asked and got permission to come to the home of this arrogant, ambitious young man and his exhausted, neglected wife, to talk about our decision to divorce. He listened in his gentle way, and then said, clearly and calmly: "This is wrong. God does not want this for you. Please don't do this." Wow. I will never forget the experience and honor of knowing a man of such courage and integrity. Bill truly walked the walk. Later, after I had arrogantly rejected his...

When I think of Uncle Billy I remember all the funny stories he had and his special way of telling them! I will greatly miss him.

Condolences and prayers to Bill's family. Bill is tremendously missed by me and all of his friends here in Gainesville, FL. Bill and Polly were both an encouragement to our church-University City church of Christ and the Gainesville community. May Bill rest in peace along with his precious wife, Polly.

So sad to hear this. Our parents will be so sad. My parents had many great times with Polly and Billy and loved them very much. This will be very hard to tell them. Condolences to all the family and God bless you. Love Naida and Eddie.