Last Updated on 2/13/2012

Published on 3/9/2010

GEORGETOWN, S.C. —  Walker P. Inman Jr., died in Denver, Colo. on Feb. 24, 2010.
The heir of Doris Duke owned Greenfield Plantation at Georgetown.
The trusts for Inman and in behalf of his twin children are valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
The Georgetown Times received confirmation of his death early Tuesday afternoon.
Inman’s father purchased Greenfield Plantation in 1934 and later bought the nearby Campfield Plantation. Vick “Butch” Deer later acquired Campfield.
Inman — called “Skipper” by many people — was orphaned when he was 10 years old. He lived with an aunt and uncle and his sister Susan in Brunson in Hampton County. He was born March 11, 1952 in Florence. He would have turned 58 on Thursday.
For several years, Inman has been dealing with health issues.
Over the years Inman lived at Greenfield Plantation at Georgetown and on his Grover ranch near Afton, Wyoming.

Family wealth

He also spent time with his aunt Doris Duke, who was heir to the Duke fortune. She died in 1992 and her will provided him with a substantial income and a trust.
Duke Power, Duke University, the American Tobacco Co., the Duke Endowment and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation are among the family interests.
In a document from April 2009, the Wyoming Supreme Court heard arguments about an ongoing custody and visitation dispute that Inman had with his former wife Daisha Loraine Williams (Inman).
A statement in that document says “The record also demonstrates that the children are wealthy in their own right, being the beneficiaries of a trust that Father [Walker P. Inman Jr.] estimated would be valued at one billion dollars by the time they reach age 21.”
An area resident who has known Inman for 39 years said his wealth is also in the many millions of dollars.

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Attorney Wells Dickson of Charleston said Inman’s Wyoming attorney John D. Bowers called him about a week ago to let him know about Inman’s death.
“He said that the maids found him, dead in his hotel room” in Denver. Dickson said Inman was living in Wyoming and in Georgetown at Greenfield Plantation.
“When John Bowers, his attorney, says he lived in Wyoming, I have to assume he lived in Wyoming,” Dickson said.
Inman enjoyed traveling on his yacht “Devine Decadence,” which is now in New Zealand.
He was a gourmet chef, an avid gun, knife, sword and steam engine collector.

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Inman is survived by his sister Susan Foxworth of Charleston and her children, David, Bart, Mat and Heather; his twin children, Georgia Noel Lahl Inman and Walker Patterson Inman III; and his wife, Daralee Inman.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, March 11, 2010 in the Holy Family Catholic Church in Afton, Wyoming.
Services will also take place at Greenfield Plantation, 2713 Choppee Rd., Georgetown on Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 1 p.m.
A complete obituary is on Page 11A of this issue of the paper.

The Star Valley Independent of Afton, Wyoming, assisted with this article.

By Tommy Howard
thoward@gtowntimes.com