GURLEY, JOHN ED, MRS.(VIRGINIA LOUISE)

Surnames:   GURLEY, CALHOUN, VANN, EVANS, SMITH, WOODWARD, REESE, FILLIP, TATE, JOHNSON

MARLIN WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
Thursday, April 6, 1989
Marlin, Falls County, Texas

MRS. JOHN ED GURLEY

Mrs. John Ed (Virginia Louise) Gurley, 93, of Marlin died Sunday at a local hospital.

Services were at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Adams Funeral Home, the Rev. Harold Calhoun officiating.  Burial was at Calvary Cemetery.

Mrs. Gurley was born June 25, 1895, in Falls County, the daughter of Henry Clay Vann and Mary Elizabeth Barton Vann.  She graduated from Marlin public schools and attended Texas Christian University.

She married John Edward Gurley on Feb. 24, 1916, in Marlin.  The couple resided in Marlin all of their married life where Mr. Gurley was a barber.  He died Feb. 18, 1972.

Mrs. Gurley was a member of First Christian Church of Marlin.

Survivors include a son, Rodney Gurley of Bellvue, Wash.; four brothers Cecil Vann and Eddie Vann, both of Marlin, Thomas Vann of Corpus Christi and Curtis Vann of Robinson; four sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Evans and Mrs. Sallie Smith, both of Marlin, Mrs. Ruby Woodward of Dallas and Mrs. Mary Pearl Reese of Cotulla; three grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Edward Evans, Charles Ray Evans, Henry Clay Vann, George Fillip, Tommy Tate and John Johnson.

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-submitted by Lena Stone Criswell