Obit of Gilliland, Virgil H. (g445) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 24 Apr 2002 Return to Roger Mills Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Surnames: Gilliland, Mount, Sweet, Bowers Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5YB.2ACE/2829 Virgil H. Gilliland, farmer and rancher of the Grimes community, died Thursday morning November 10, 1955 following a lenghty illness. He was born November 24, 1876, in Missouri. He was married February 4, 1909, to Virgie Mount at Cheyenne. Mr. Gilliland came to western Oklahoma in 1905 and homesteaded in the Grimes community and had lived there since. He was one of western Oklahoma pioneers. He was a member of the Baptist Church. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Mildred Sweet of Miami, Texas, and Mrs. Doris Johnanna Bowers of Cheyenne, two sons, Robert of Las Vegas, Nevada and Louis of Hartley, Texas. Thirteen grandchildren and a brother, Monte Gilliland of Strong City also survive. Funeral services were held on Saturday, November 12, 1955 at the Dempsey community building. Burial Dempsey cemetery, Dempsey, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html