Lee Gilley

Lee Gilley, age 80, a resident of 1311 Lincoln Avenue, died Sunday morning [February 14, 1971] in a Fort Walton Beach hospital following an extended illness. He was a native of Houston County, Alabama, but had resided the majority of his life in Walton County. He was a member of the First United Pentecostal Church.

Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p.m. Monday [February 15, 1971] from the Comander Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. A. A. Castleberry officiating. Interment followed in the Magnolia Cemetery.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Fannie D. Gilley, DeFuniak Springs; five daughters, Mrs. Ruby Lee Bodiford, [Crawfordville], Fla., Mrs. Edna Simmons and Mrs. Doris Maraman, both of Fort Walton Beach, Mrs. Annie Lou Williams, Orange City, Fla., and Mrs. Marie Geoghagan, Florala; a son, Leonard F. Gilley, DeFuniak Springs, a brother, Warren Gilley, Montgomery, Alabama; three sisters, Mrs. Ada Elmore, Florala, Mrs. Ann Jowers, DeFuniak Springs, and Mrs. Mae Peterson, Greenville, Fla., 17 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.

[Source: The DeFuniak Springs Herald, February 18, 1971, Page 1]

[Burial: Gaskin Cemetery, Gaskin]