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Submitted: 11/30/12 • Approved: 12/1/12 • Last Updated: 12/4/12 • R789597-G789595-S3
Woodrow
Nov 18 1912 - May 23 2000
*Obituary
The Morning New of Northwest Arkansas
Thursday, May 25, 2000
Woodrow Wilson Gann
SILOAM SPRINGS — Woodrow Wilson "Chief" Gann, 87, of Siloam Springs died May 23, 2000, at Siloam Springs Memorial Hospital. He was born Nov. 18, 1912, in Stilwell, Okla., to Joe and Katie Livers Gann. He had been a resident of Siloam Springs for 54 years. He was retired from Pet Milk Corp., and was a member of First Baptist Church and Key Lodge 7 F&AM. He was an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Minnie Mae Watkins Gann, to whom he was married Jan. 6, 1942; two daughters and sons-in-law, M. Marie Carte and Ron of Edmond, Okla., and Wenona Studards and Terry of Siloam Springs; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; three sisters, Sally Hopkins of Delores, Colo., Jo Anna Christian and Billie Gritts, both of Hominy, Okla.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at First Baptist Church in Siloam Springs with Dr. Steve Abbott and Gordon Smith officiating.
Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. today at Wasson Funeral Home in Siloam Springs.
Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church Building Fund.
Minnie
Dec 8 1921 - Dec 3 2006
*Obituary
The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas
Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Minnie Mae Gann
SILOAM SPRINGS — Minnie Mae Watkins Gann of Slloam Springs died Dec. 3, 2006, at Circle of Life Hospice House in Springdale. She was born Dec. 8, 1921, in Adair County to Lillie Gardenhire and Harley Watkins. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Siloam Springs and taught Sunday school for 27 years. She was past worthy matron of the Eastern Star and worked in sales at Hunts Department Store far 17 years. Her hobbies included cooking, quilting, sewing and reading. She was preceded in death by her husband, Woodrow Wilson Gann.
Survivors include two daughtors, Marie Carte of Edmond, Okla., and Wenona Studards of Siloam Springs; son-in-law, Ron Carte of Edmond; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mertie Day of Bryon, Calif., and Ruby Merriott of Galt, Calif.; one brother, Emmitt Watkins of Beloit, Wis.
Services will he at 1:30 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church in Siloam Springs with Dr. Steve Abbott officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Wasson Funeral Home in Siloam Springs, online at www.wassonfuneralhome.com.
Memorials may he made to Circle of Life Hospice, 901 Jones Road, 72764, or First Baptist Church, 2000 Dawn Hill Road, Siloam Springs, 72761.
Married Jan 6 1942
Contributed on 11/30/12 by wfields55
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