Grady County GaArchives Obituaries.....Gertrude Gilliard February 2 1986 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Janet Sumner gws0675@peoplepc.com January 23, 2004, 4:03 pm The Cairo Messenger, February 7, 1986 Miss Gertrude Gilliard, 60, of Cairo passed away in the Talmadge Memorial Hospital on Sunday, February 2, 1986. Funeral services for Miss Gilliard were held on Tuesday, February 4, 1986 at 3 p.m. in the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Cairo with the Rev. Ralph Harrell and Rev. Mack Luke officiating. Interment followed in the Union Hill Cemetery. Frank Pearce, Tommy Connell, Randell Pearce, Douglas Pearce, Bill Pearce, Steve Anderson and Caylor Ouzts served as active pallbearers. Serving as honorary pallbearers were the Deacons of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Miss Gilliard was born in Grady County on August 2, 1925 to the late John Andrew and Jessie Sadler Gilliard. She was a lifetime resident of Grady County, a homemaker, and a member of the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Survivors include 1 uncle, S. L. Gilliard; 1 brother, John A. Gilliard, both of Cairo; 3 sisters, Mrs. Charlotte Pearce, Sylvester, Ga., Mrs. Joy Lindsey and Mrs. Lorene Glover, both of Cairo; 3 cousins, Winfred Hurst, Betty Ouzts and Larry Gilliard, all of Cairo. Clark Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb