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Submitted: 11/26/07 • Approved: 5/9/21 • Last Updated: 5/12/21 • R874-G872-S3
Alex 18 Aug 1889 - 11 Feb 1974
Emma 11 Nov 1894 - 01 Aug 1981
Marriage: 05 Oct 1914
Alex Richard Gillihan son of William Riley Gillihan Jr. and Ava Sefronia (Thompson) Gillihan. Emma E (Grimmett) Gillihan daughter of Charles Monroe Grimmett and Annie (Wood) Grimmett.
Alex Richard Gillihan born Twin Creek, Izard County, Arkansas died Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas. Emma E (Grimmett) Gillihan born Izard County, Arkansas died Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas.
*Obituary
Emma Eunice Grimmett Gillihan, aged 85, of Melbourne, died on August 1, 1981, in a Batesville hospital. She was the daughter of Charlie Grimmett and Annie Wood Grimmett and was a member of the Church of Christ. She had lived in Izard County all of her life.
Survivors include two sons, Adrian G. Gillihan and William Loyd Gillihan, both of Kansas City, MO; one daughter, Wilma June Ramsey of Melbourne; 2 brothers, Solon Grimmett and Cecil Grimmett, both of Oxford, AR; one sister Edith Lackey of Rogers, AR; 10 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren.
Funeral was at Howard Chapel on Monday at 2 p.m. under the direction of Howard Funeral Home. Bro. Ralph Wallace officiated. Burial was in Combs Cemetery.
Pallbearers were; Howard Lamb, Son Lamb, Charles Lamb, Burton Lamb, Jared Moxley, Bob Langston, Cub Rush, and Charles Smith.
Obituary located from the files of June Ramsey.
*Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957
Name: Alex R Gillihan
Sex: Male
Age: 25
Residence Place: Twin Creek, Izard, Arkansas
Birth Year (Estimated): 1889
Spouse's Name: Emma Grimmett
Spouse's Sex: Female
Spouse's Age: 20
Spouse's Residence Place: Oxford, Izard, Arkansas
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1894
Marriage Date: 5 Oct 1914
Marriage Place: Izard, Arkansas, United States
Marriage Place (Original): , Izard, Arkansas, United States
Marriage License Date: 5 Oct 1914
Information added by researcher. dgb
Contributed on 11/26/07 by junebug
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