The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 121, No. 38, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 13, 1998 Page: 3 of 17
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Jim Gillaspy
1939-1998
Graveside service for Jim
Gillaspy, 58, is scheduled for
10 a.m. Wednesday at Sunset
Memorial Park in Gilmer,
Texas. The Rev. Donald
Kitchel will be officiating un-
der direction of Croley Fu-
neral Home.
Mr. Gillaspy died peace-
fully May 10 at his home in
Gilmer.
He was born on May 20,
1939in Borger, Texas. He was
a retired Senior Drilling Su-
perintendent and lived in
Gilmer for the past six years.
He was preceded in death
by two brothers and two sis-
ters.
Survivors include his wife
of 40 years, Dorthy Mae Foy
Gillaspy, Gilmer; sons, Mark
Dwayne Gillaspy and wife
Lisa, Rodney James Gillaspy
and wife Tina, Jeffery Ray
Gillaspy, of Gilmer; daugh-
ter, Pamela Gail Warfield,
Gilmer; sisters Delsia Jean
Alexander and Connie Dean
Dunigan, both of Gilmer; 12
grandchildren and one great-
grandchild.
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LEE ANDREWS, JR.
Lee Andrews, Jr.
1922-1998
Funeral services for Lee
Andrews, Jr., 75, of Ore City will
be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday,
May 13, at Cedar Springs Bap-
tist Church with the Rev. Jim
Schexnayder and Larry Osborne
Mary Reed
1911-1998
Funeral services for Mrs.
Mary (Hall) Reed, 86, of Diana
will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday,
May 16, at Macedonia Apostolic
Church with Elder Steave Davis
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Wilkerson, Stuart Knox, Jes- , _
sica Burr, and Angle Johnny and Julie Epperson. ..........
Wilkerson. Homemade ice Everyone at Latch Baptist shopping in a large mall where
cream, cake, sandwiches and Church rejoiced recently when they later ate supper in a res-
drinka ware served. J.T. Jones made a profession taurant in the mall before leav-
Spring into shape!
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Have more energy!
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information into her computer.
That is a lot of work, and we
appreciate it.
The Historic Upshur Museum
will publish a listing of all cem-
eteries in the county. This has
not been done for about 30years,
and requires a lot of work. Sev-
* officiating eral cemeteries in our part of the
Burial will be at Coffeeville county were not included in the Gladewater church
Cemetery under the direction of previous publication, and all of comminin, cincinc
Croley Funeral Home. the records need updating. 5613 Community Singing
Mr. Andrews died Sunday, Records for Big Sandy and There will be a community
May 10, in Longview. Hoover Cemeteries need updat- singing Friday, May 15, at 7
Bom Oct. 27,1922 in Alto, he ing. The museum has no records p.m. at the Gladewater Mission-
lived in Upshur County most of for Union Grove, Lee, Fonda ary Baptist Church, located on
his life. He was a retired crane (Folke), or Brown Chapel Cem- 220 Hull St.
operator for Lone Star Steel eteries • “ you have current Featured will beC.L. Nelms,
’ Company, where he was em- records of any of these cemeter- and Ken Bowlin and his band.
' ployed for 31 years. >es; or if you have an interest in Refreshments will be served.
• He married the former
: Mildred Armstrong on Feb.
‘ 28,1947 in Diana, and she sur-
vives.
Also surviving are three
daughters, Janice Ann Hancock
of Kilgore, Mary Jane Clawson
and Jena Lee Brown of Ore City;
three brothers, Richard Andrews
of Ore City, Alton G. Andrews of
Gilmer and James C. Andrews
of Cherokee; two sisters, Grace
McMullen and Lorene Sowell of
Tyler; five grandchildren and
five great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by
his parents, one brother and one
; sister.
Cecilia Elswick
Funeral services for Cecilia
Ann Elswick, 52, of Gilmer are
pending with East Texas Fu-
neral Home of Longview.
She died Sunday, May 10, at
a Tyler hospice.
We print forms!
The Gilmer Mirror
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session, if they were too busy to had served Quiche Lorranie, and I hope every Mother had a
generate any news. ifweshouldruntherecipeinthe nice day on our day. I sure did.
We are getting ready for our Pritchett News. Pat said that I‘m proud to be the mother of
third monthly Trade Day at the she had served Quiche Wal- eiao4n; Anm,
new community center. Hope- Mart. Pat’s brother (Neil Snow) -MEw"LPY
fully, we will have a sign out this said that a« far a« he knew, he program announced
time to draw the people in. had never eaten any quiche. I Entertainers appearing at the
Tables are $20, so come display told Neil that he hadn’t missed Gladewater Saturday Night
your wares, junk, or whatever. anything. " Opry on May 16 will be the
Doors will open at 7 p.m. Come The annual Pritchett Reunion Windham Twins, Sandra
to Pritchett first, then start your ......
tour of garage sales.
Daphne Grimes has comput-
erized the Pritchett mailing list.
What an improvement! Now we
can mail out things with a pro-
fessional-looking printed label
and we appreciate it.
Jimmie Martin has been
-oe"-d
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odpa
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Friday night in Pritchett. On Commerce. Admission is $6 for
Saturday we visited Robert and adults, $4 for senior citizens, $2
working diligently to complete Judy Eitel in Redwater. for children ages 6-12, and chil-
the update ofPleasant Hill Cem- - Kenny Gage goes for surgery dren under mv are admitted free
etery records. She has entered on Tuesday. We hope that he is Auditions for new talent are
both the old list, and current back home by the time this is held every Saturday at 4:30
published. p.m. Showtime is 8 p.m. For res-
This has been a slow week for ervations or more information
personal news. If I hear of any- call the Opry House at (903)
thing, or if you put something in 845-3600 or 734-4444.
the box, will write something Program announced
for the Saturday paper. Other- . ® __
wise, you will just have to try to Tor —OSPel JUDII6G
make it through the week with Featured at the Gladewater
this. Gospel Jubilee on Friday, Mayl5
will be the East Mountain Blue
Grass Gospel Band, Ron Edkins,
Branded Heart and Jim Crump.
The program is presented
every Friday at 8 p.m. at the
Opry House in downtown Glad-
ewater. There is no admission
charge; a love offering is taken
to help with expenses.
For more information call 734-
4444 or 845-3600.
This is going to be a very offaith and accepted the Lord ing for home,
busy time with all the gradua-
tion exercises, proms, trips,
homecomings and revivals go-
ing on, and I hope everyone
will be extra careful and stay
PRITCHETT, May 11 — It helping complete this project, alert at all timae
has been a busy week in please contact me. Heath Knox finished his cnl-
Pritchett. Everyone seems busy The peach growers harvested lege studies this week- He is
at whatever it is they do — the peaches this last week. Victor the son of Claude Knox and
cattlemen, carpenters, fence Hill said that their early peaches grandson of Glen and Clara
builders and even those who are better than usual, and that Knox. He »aa’studying to be
don't have a declared vocation, the later-producing varieties are an occupational therapist. He
The weather has been so good looking pretty good. The trees will begin his internship this
that it just makes you want to need rain, as does everything week, if Heath can handle his
get out and do something. else. work as well as he ^an sing, he
Thequiltersquiltedlastweek, Last week's Mirror reported will be the best for her cer-
but didn’t leave any news. It that Pat Long served quiche at a tainly was blessed with a beau-
must have been a productive bridal shower. I asked Pat if she tiful voice.
The annual Pritchett Reunion
will be the weekend of June 26- Elardo, Cyndy Wray, Gary
27. We are planning the event to Denson, Justin Beard, Anne I
be like last year, with a recep- Owens, Mailey Bailey, Lacy
tion on Friday night and the Larsen, Frank Cheek, and ”
dinner at noon on Saturday. Christy Cunningham.
Mark your calendars now! The Opry House is located in
Billy and Carolyn Eitel spent downtown Gladewater at 108 E.
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Friday night will feature Gos- didn’t place in the tournament, maybe.) cert in Suiphur Spr
pel music with hosts “The but did get some good prizes at The supper that the Good cently st the Hopkins
Gloryland Quartet’and guest the drawing afterward. Neighbor Club was supposed Civic Center. The grou
performers “Harmony," “The The Latch Baptist Church to have had last week had to be were the Crabb Family
Goldens,” “Gospel Echoes” and honored the graduating seniors called off until Friday night, Perrys.
Cemetery under the direction of “Branded Hearts,” from the church with a ban- May 15, at 5:80 p.m. This is Lacey Hux went to Dallas
Edayuzhtandhrspuafton
11, at the home of her daughter Vsmr h “Diamond Horse with good food, desserts and they can get better acquainted ball. This was Lacey s first time
in Dallas. shoe Band’with Monte Bratt drinks. Those to enjoy this with each other. The members, to see a professional game in
Born Sept. 24,1911 in Jeffer lar8 vin include g-ye meal from the graduating class family and friends are invited. person. She was excited about
son, she lived in Upshur County DdAlrII, Burnlev Fler were Amanda White, Shawna to come help us enjoy this time it too.
for 64 years. She was a retired AaA Parsons ^f Athens Berry, Stuart Knox, Jessica of fellowship and food, and lots Kevin, Felecia, Lacey and
presser for a dry cleaner and Stephaniejohnsonor Carthage.’ Burr, Amy Mason, and Crystal of fun. Bring a dish, and if you Hunter Hux picked Felecia's
was a member of Macedonia . Xi . ... inenide YANc Keller. want to join in three games of mother, Evalena Heathco, up
Apostolic Church. Localttalent will incude -ames Another party was held at bingo, bring throe bingo gifts to spend ths day in Pallas with
She is survived by three sons, ""-i the fellowship hall of Latch each. You will have a good time, her son, Jeffery Youngblood,
C.L. Reed ofLongview,L.D. Reed Auditions for local talent will church last Sunday night for I promise. to help him celebrate his birth-
of Diana and Emmitt E. Reed of be held from 4 to 5 p.m. Please all who had birthdays in May: In the Saturday, May 9 re- day. After visitin
Florence, Ariz.; two daughters, bring your own sound track. Mayvon Harris, Ediths Elli- port there was s name left out, home for a while,
Guster L. White and Annie F. Tickets at the door will be son, Glen Knox, Fayrene and I am so sorry about it. Piano and had lunch at the
Hale ofDallas; two brothers, Sall aduit g. eniors (55 and up) Wilkerson, Stuart Knox, Jes- Jessica is the daughter of SpaghettiWarehouse.Theaf
Hall and Dink Hall of Dallas; 30 s5. (4 to 12) $4 and sica Burr, and Angle Johnny and Julie Epperson. ternoon was spent visiting and
grandchildren and a host of un’der4(free.
great-grandchildren and great- ......
great-grandchildren. No alcohol will be allowed.
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Overton, Mac. The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 121, No. 38, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 13, 1998, newspaper, May 13, 1998; Gilmer, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1479202/m1/3/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Upshur County Library.