Prominent sugarcane farmer and cattle rancher dies at 79

Joe Marlin Hilliard was inducted into the Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame in 2017.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 8:20 a.m. August 30, 2022
Joe Marlin Hilliard (Courtesy photo)
Joe Marlin Hilliard (Courtesy photo)
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Longtime sugarcane and cattle industry rancher Joe Marlin Hilliard, a Fort Myers native and 2017 Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame inductee, died Aug. 26. He was 79. 

 

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