Sapulpa Herald
Sapulpa, Creek County, Oklahoma
December 14, 1973

L. H. Gilliland Dies Friday
Rites Monday

The Rev. Locie H. Gilliland, 72, of 1917 S. Hickory, died Friday in Thomas, Okla., of an apparent heart attack while doing church field work.

Born May 23, 1901, in Maple City, Kan., he moved to Sapulpa in 1945 from Fairfax. He had been associated with Sapulpa Brick and Tile Co. 20 years, had been a farmer, and was a Pentecostal Church of God minister.

He is survived by his widow Gertrude of the home; three sons, John, southwest of Sapulpa; Gilbert, Rt. 1, Sapulpa; David, 38 W. Mary Lynn; two daughters, Mrs. Robert Steeples, 208 S. Birch and Mrs. James Lockridge, 24 E. Goodykoontz; 10 grandchildren, 6 great grandchildren, and 6 brothers, Frank, Wichita, Kan.; Harold, Chetopah, Kan.; Clarence, Wheatridge, Colo.; Clayton, Camden, Mo.; Hubert, Pelsor, Ark.; and Donald, Fairfax.

Interment will be in Green Hill Memorial Gardens under direction of Owen Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Bill Casteel, Dick Hermes, Babe Goad, Jim Hamlin, James Burnsworth and Bill Mulford. Honorary pallbearers will be D.B. Jones, Austin Ford, Orie McCracken, Brooke Thrift, Albert Foust and Archie Childs.

Greenhills Cemetery