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A Boone County Council member was pronounced dead Sunday after being found unresponsive in her swimming pool.
First responders arrived at Council Vice President Marcia Wilhoite’s home at 1:52 p.m. Sunday on a report of a possible drowning, according to a news release from the Boone County Sheriff’s Office.
Wilhoite, 65, was found unresponsive in her swimming pool. She was pronounced dead later at a local hospital.
Foul play is not suspected, officials said. The cause of death remains under investigation by the sheriff’s office and the Boone County Coroner’s Office.
Wilhoite, an at-large councilor, was first elected to the Boone County Council in 2005.
She was a University of Notre Dame graduate and a CPA who owned her own accounting business in Lebanon.
Wilhoite also served as a member and secretary of the Boone County Redevelopment Commission, a member of the Boone County Rural Electric Membership Cooperative Board of Directors and a member of the Boone County Solid Waste Board.
She was also a partner and operator with Wilhoite Family Farms and a member of the 4-H Pavilion Building Committee.
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