OBIT: Rev. Virgil R. GILLUM, 1982, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  REV. VIRGIL R. GILLUM
  
    The Rev. Virgil R. Gillum, 85, 131 East Main Street, Grafton, W. Va., a
  native of Ridgeley, W. Va., died August 16, 1982 in Grafton City Hospital.
    He was born in Ridgeley, and was a son of the late Joshua A. Gillum and
  Cora Belle (Zembower) Gillum.  He was married twice.  His first wife, Ruth
  G. (Lease) Gillum, preceded him in death.
    He was a member of the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, Grafton;
  Midland Trail Lodge 161, AF & AM, Rainelle, W. Va.; member and past
  president of the Taylor County Ministerial Association.
    Also he was a member of the Ministerial Conference; attended Bedford
  public schools; Maryland State Teachers College; Pennsylvania State
  Teachers; and Candler School of Theology, Emory, Ga.
    He was licensed to preach May 9, 1929, admitted to the Baltimore ME South
  Conference in October, 1939, ordained a deacon on Oct. 9, 1938 and an elder
  on Sept. 24, 1944.
    Charges he served include Elk Garden, Listonburg, Pa., Hampshire Circuit,
  Grantsville, and Rainelle.
    He retired in 1962 at Andrews St. Paul's Methodist Church, Grafton, now
  the Mother's Day Shrine.
    After his retirement he served the Samson Church, Farmington, Pa. and
  Union Chapel, Markleysburg.
    He is survived by his widow, Zeppa J. (Bolinger) Ash Gillum; a son,
  William C. Gillum, North Huntington; a daughter, Mrs. Carolyn R. Hauk,
  Morgantown; a sister, Mrs. Ada Lang, Baltimore, Md.; two grandchildren,
  four great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
    Friends were received at the Bartlett Funeral Home in Grafton.
    A service was conducted at the church of Good Shepherd, United Methodist,
  by the Rev. William Trowbridge and the Rev. Stacy Groscup.
    Interment was in Woodside Memorial Park.
  
  The Republic, August 26, 1982
  
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