3rd Addition, Section 1
 Harry J. Gill
Mary M. Lemmons (Henry) Gill
M. Dale Gill
Edwin Daryl Gill
Gainesville Daily Register
LAKE KIOWA ~ Memorial services for Harry Gill, 87, will be held
at 11 a.m. Friday, May 23, 2008, at the Church of Christ in Collinsville,
201 S. Walnut St., Collinsville, Texas. A private burial was held Wednesday,
May 21, 2008, at Collinsville Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction
of Meador Funeral Home in Whitesboro.
Mr. Gill passed away on Wednesday, May 21, 2008, at his home in
Lake Kiowa, Texas.
Harry was born on July 22, 1920, in Boswell, Oklahoma, to Harry
J. Gill Sr. and Nellie Fay (Fowler) Gill. He graduated from Dunn High School
and then married Mary Lemmons on March 20, 1943, in Grand Prairie, Texas.
Harry worked as an aircraft engineer for 30 years and then for 15 years
as a Farmers Insurance Agent. He worked for the last 15 years as a realtor
for Lake Kiowa Realty. Harry was very involved in life at Lake Kiowa since
1969.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Gill of Lake Kiowa; two sons, Dale
Gill and wife, Deborah of Checotah, Oklahoma, and Edwin D. Gill and wife,
Tammy K. of North Richland Hills; 4 grandchildren, Rodney D. Gill and wife,
Renae of Arlington, Darren S. Gill of Hurst, Kelly L. Gill of Dallas and
Edwin Brent Gill of Irving; 6 great-grandchildren; and 1 great-great-granddaughter;
2 brothers, Leonard F. Gill of Stephenville and R. Roy Gill of Arlington;
and 2 sisters, Melba Ratliff of Arlington and Sue Womble of Arlington.
He was preceded in death by brothers, Louis Gill and Allen Gill;
and his parents, Harry Sr. and Nellie Fay Gill.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to: CASA
of North Texas, P.O. Box 615, Gainesville, TX 76241; Home Hospice of Cooke
County, P.O. Box 936, Gainesville, TX 76241 or The Berean Children?s Home,
P.O. Box 1009, Brookhaven, MS 39602-1009.
The Weekly News of Cooke County
December
11, 2008
Mary M. Lemmons Gill, 82, of Lake Kiowa died Nov. 30 at her residence.
A celebration of life will be held Dec. 12 at the Gainesville Civic Center
in Gainesville with Olden Cook officiating. A reception will follow.
A private graveside service was held Dec. 1 at the Collinsville Cemetery
under the direction of the Meador Funeral Home of Whitesboro.
History ~ Mary M. Lemmons Gill was born June 18, 1926 in Denison
to Elmer Arthur and Aletha Marie Henry Lemmons. Her mother was a descendent
of Patrick Henry. She married Harry Gill March 20, 1943 in Grand Prairie. Mary M. Lemmons Gill graduated as Valedictorian of
Grand Prairie High School in 1944. She was a member of the Daughters of
the American Revolution, the Red Hat Society and Phieta Sorority.
She served the Cooke County community. She was a founding member of the
Volunteer Auxiliary of Home Hospice of Cooke County, volunteer advocate
for CASA, board member of the Frank Buck Zoological Society and a board
of director emeritus and ambassador for the Gainesville Area Chamber of
Commerce.
Mary M. Lemmons Gill is survived by her sons
and daughters-in-law, Dale and Deborah Gill of Checotah, Okla., and Edwin
D. and Tammy K. Gill of North Richland Hills; grandchildren, Rodney D.
and Renae Gill of Arlington, Darren S. Gill of Hurst, Kelly L. Gill of
Dallas and Edwin Brent Gill of Irving; six great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter;
and niece and husband, Pamela Sue Williams and Alan Ortloff of Madill,
Okla.She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry Gill; parents, Elmer
and Aletha Lemmons; brother, Walter Trellis Lemmons; and sister, Bettye
Marcellia Lemmons Williams.
Contributions may be made to Home Hospice of Cooke County, 1001 E.
Broadway, Gainesville, Texas, 76240; or CASA of North Texas, 900 N. Grand
Ave., Gainesville, Texas, 76240
Susan Hawkins
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