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Submitted: 1/8/13 • Approved: 5/13/21 • Last Updated: 5/16/21 • R808950-G808949-S3
Paul 19 Feb 1932 - 26 Oct 2020
Opal 27 Jan 1938 - 08 Apr 1996
Marriage:
Paul
1) Opal Dean (Burgess) Gillihan 04 Jun 1956 Calico Rock, Izard County, Arkansas*
2) Cloy Jones Gillihan 2005
Paul Junior Gillihan son of Simon Paul Gillihan and Verla Mae (Smith) Gillihan. Opal Dean (Burgess) Gillihan daughter of Oscar Ray Burgess and Beulah (Lawrence) Burgess.
**obituary
Opal Dean Gillihan
27 January 27, 1938 - April 8, 1996
Opal Dean Gillihan, daughter of the late Oscar Ray and Beulah Lawrence Burgess, was born January 27, 1938, in Forty-Four, AR. She died April 8, 1996, in Melbourne, AR. She was 58.
Mrs. Gillihan was united in marriage to Paul Junior Gillihan June 4, 1956, in Calico Rock. To this union two children were born. She was a member of the Redbud EHC Club and a faithful member of the Twin Creek Church of Christ.
Survivors include her husband, of the home; one daughter, Beverly Gillihan Dew of Bethesda,AR; one son, Ronald Junior Gillihan of Melbourne; three sisters, Maxine Lynn of Mountain Home, AR; Melba Gillihan and Marilyn Smith of Calico Rock; three brothers, Noel, Johnny, and Jimmy Burgess, all of Calico Rock; and six grandchildren.
Services were held April 10 at the Church of Christ in Melbourne with Brother Ralph Wallis officiating.
Pallbearers were Jason Loggains, Tim Vest, Gene McSpadden, Donald Gillihan, Ronald Moser, and Chuck Mynatt.
Honorary Pallbearers were Paul Gillihan and John Ross. Interment was at the Combs Cemetery in Melbourne under the direction of Howard Funeral Home in Melbourne.
Obituary located in archives of White River Current April, 1996
*Paul married after death of Opal.
Obituary for Opal from the files of June Ramsey.
Additional information added by researcher. dgb
Contributed on 1/8/13 by sandhollow
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