OBITUARY:  Peggy June Gilmore, 20 May 1987 - Coke County, TX

Copied from the Josephine Bird Collection, West Texas Collection, 
Angelo State University - 2 September 2003

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The Observer/Enterprise, Coke County, TX, 

May 29, 1987

Gilmore

Peggy June Gilmore, 50, of San Angelo died Wednesday, May 20, in 
Shannon Medical Center.

Funeral services were at 10 a.m. Friday, May 22, in First United 
Methodist Church with the Rev. Pam Bradford officiating.  Burial 
followed in Robert Lee Cemetery, directed by Shaffer Funeral Home 
of Robert Lee.

Mrs. Gilmore was born August 12, 1936 in Robert Lee. She was a 
graduate of Robert Lee High School and attended San Angelo College 
(now Angelo State University).  Serving for 2 years as a deputy in 
the clerk's office in Coke County. She also held accounting and 
secretarial positions in San Angelo, Midland, and Abilene.

She moved to San Angelo in 1969 and was appointed to the San 
Angelo city secretary post in 1974, holding that position until 
her death. San Angelo city manager Stephen Brown atcributed Mrs. 
Gilmore's success in her position to being endlessly efficient, 
her ability to work with people, and her cheerful outlook, an 
attitude which endured throughout her long bout with cancer.

Survivors include her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bilbo of 
Robert Lee; one son, William Kyle Havins of Austin; one daughter, 
Rebecca Bell Gilmore of San Angelo; four sisters, Mrs. Lamar 
(Alta Bell) Kay of Alpmie, Mrs. Bob (Jamie) Boren of Robert Lee, 
Mrs. Jarvin (Jo  Ann) Littlefield of Grove, Okla. and Mrs. Joe 
(Janet) Rathmell of Mertzon, 12 nieces and nephews, and 18 
great-nieces and greatnephews.

Nephews served as pallbearers for the services, including Jerry
and Randy Littlefield of Grove, OK; Tom Boren, Odessa; John 
Boren, Snyder; Mark Kay, Odessa; and Steve Evans, Carlsbad.

Permission granted by the Observer-Enterprise for publication in 
the Coke County TXGenWeb Archives.