Freestone County, Texas
Obits


Houston Chronicle newspaper - Thursday 04/05/2001 edition

ELSIE CLYTEE WREN GILLIAM

ELSIE CLYTEE WREN GILLIAM, beloved wife, sister, mother and grandmother, 
passed away on April 3, 2001. She was born on April 13, 1922 in Iola, Texas,
to Millard Benjamin and Altha Mae (Bond) Wren. She met James Bernard Gilliam 
in Providence Elementary School, Freestone County, Texas. They married on 
December 23, 1939 and moved to Houston in 1947. Clytee served as assistant 
librarian at the Denver Harbor and Cliff Tuttle Branches of the Houston Public 
Library for 25 years. She will be fondly remembered for her unique sense of 
humor, her total devotion to her family, her love of travel and adventure, and 
her great cooking. Clytee was predeceased by her parents, one nephew, Mark 
LaPierre, and one great-grandson, Benjamin Rickerl. She is survived by her 
husband and two sisters and their husbands, Nell and Lawrie LaPierre of New 
Braunfels, Texas and Margaret and Bob Cooper of Sarasota, Florida and one 
brother-in-law and his wife, Joe Eddy and Betty Gilliam. She leaves three 
daughters and their husbands, Brenda Janette (Placette) and Bill Maust, Wanda 
Jo and Rae Rayon, and Rita Gail and Donald Anders. Clytee is survived by seven 
grandchildren: Karla Brandt, Jamey Jattar, Donald Wolf, Darby Longoria, Alison 
Rickerl, Eva Zubel, and Stephanie Anders, as well as 12 great-grandchildren: 
Brigett Yurttas, Sheldon Wolf, Jordan Wolf, David Jattar, Austin Childs, Holly 
Jattar, Meglyn Rickerl, Morgan Wolf, Madison Rickerl, Valerie Zubel, Zachary 
Zubel, and Bailey Longoria, all from the Houston area. She also leaves 
numerous nieces and nephews in Georgia, Alabama, Florida and Texas. The family 
will hold visitation from 7-9 p.m. on Thursday, April 5, at San Jacinto 
Memorial Funeral Home, Houston. The graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. 
on Friday, April 6 at Union Cemetery in Freestone County, where Clytee will 
be reunited with numerous family members and loved ones.