Obit of Gilliland, Ruth V (g445) - Kiowa County, Oklahoma

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Ruth V. Gilliland

FLOYDADA - Ruth V. Gilliland, 76, died Tuesday, Jan. 26, 1999.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in First Baptist Church in Floydada with 
the Rev. Jimmy McGuire and the Rev. Anthony Sisemore, pastor, officiating. 
Burial will be in Floydada Cemetery by MooreRose-White Funeral Home of 
Floydada.

Mrs. Gilliland was born in Cooperton, Okla., and attended schools in 
Oklahoma and Arizona. In 1940, she moved with her family from Chandler, 
Ariz., to Floyd County. A homemaker, she was a member of Senior Citizens 
of Floydada and First Baptist Church and was a former member of the 
Rebekah Lodge.

She married Levis B. Gilliland in 1941 at Floydada. He died in 1991.

Survivors include three sons, Bill Gilliland of Abilene and Butch 
Gilliland and Bobby Gilliland, both of Floydada; five brothers, Bud 
Vickers and Bob Vickers, both of Lubbock, Stan Vickers of Perryton, Rannie 
Vickers of Gig Harbor, Wash., and Don Vickers of Floydada; four sisters, 
Juanita Stoeser of Hayes, S.D., Sammie McCullough of Amarillo, Frances 
James of Parkton, N.C., and Gayle Scott of Tulia; four grandchildren; and 
two great-grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials be to Floydada Senior Citizens, 301 E. 
Georgia, Floydada, TX 79235; First Baptist Church, 401 S. Main, Floydada, 
TX 79235; or Cory Gilliland Memorial Scholarship Fund, Community 
Foundation of Abilene, 500 Chestnut, Abilene, TX 79602.

Amarillo Globe News 28 Jan 1999
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