Bennis Woodrow Gilley

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The (Jasper, TX) Reporter 23 August 1995

Woodrow Gilley

B.W. "Woodrow" Gilley, 81, of Kirbyville died Monday, Aug. 14, 1995, at a Jasper hospital. Gilley was a native of Newton County, and had lived in the Kirbyville area several years. He was a retired building contractor.

Survivors: wife, Donna GILLEY of Kirbyville; a daughter Nelda STRICKLAND of Jasper; a son Lawrence GILLEY of Jasper; stepdaughters, Madena COCHRAN of Vidor and Helen CLARK of Mauriceville; step-sons Mack ROSE of Buna, Lynn R. ROSE of Jasper, and Dan A. ROSE of Temple; sisters, Evie POLLOCK of Newton and Mauline SEGURA of New Iberia, Louisiana; and brothers D.H. GILLEY of Newton, Ennis GILLEY of Hemphill, and Denson GILLEY of Jasper.

Funeral Services were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the chapel of Stringer Funeral Home in Kirbyville. Interment followed at Zion Hill Cemetery near Jasper.

Bennis married Elsie Fay McLemore on 6 May 1934 in Jasper County, Texas. Elsie (daughter of Ivy Augustus McLemore and Kate Elizabeth Sims) was born on 20 Dec 1911 in Jasper County, Texas; died on 4 Mar 1992 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Kenneth Wayne Gilley was born on 20 Oct 1937 in Jasper County, Texas; died on 15 May 1952 in Jasper County, Texas.
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