Love Co., OK. - Obit for E.D. "Boe" Gilbert

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                      Obit for E.D. "Boe" Gilbert

Services for E.D. "Boe" Gilbert, 60, of Marietta, were held at 2 p.m.
Wednesday, December 19, at Leon Baptist Church, with the Rev. Dwight Hawkins
officiating.

Mr. Gilbert was born April 12, 1941, at Leon, the son of William Delbert and
Edna Margaret Miller Gilbert. He died Sunday, December 16, 2001, at his home in
Marietta.

A resident of Love County most of his life, Mr. Gilbert was a retired, self-
employed concrete construction contractor. He also served in the U.S. Army. Mr.
Gilbert was of the Baptist faith.

Survivors include two sons, Dal Gilbert of Marietta and Greg Gilbert of Lone
Grove; two daughters and a son-in-law, Jeanna and Denny Ray Hester of Marietta
and Kim Gilbert of Ardmore; a stepdaughter and step son-in-law, Lauri and Pual
Conway of Aubrey, Texas; two brothers, Charles Gilbert and Johnny Gilbert of
Lone Grove; a sister and brother-in-law, Debbie and B.J. Emberling of Marietta;
and eight grandchildren, Jesse, Dray, Niki, Taylor, Brent, Shannan, Ty Reid and
Lexie.

Mr. Gilbert was preceded in death by his parents; and a brother, Darryl Mack
Gilbert, on August 7, 2001.

Pallbearers were David Hollar, Roy Wade, Jimmy Don Pearson, Wayne Rains, Doyle
Gilbert and Ronnie Voyles. Honorary pallbearers were Ray Buckaloo, Blackie
Moore, Dan Hartman and Jimmy Williams.

Interment was in Leon Cemetery under the direction of Flanagan-Watts Funeral
Home, Marietta.

Source: Marietta Monitor, Love County, December 21, 2001.