Beggs Cemetery, Beggs, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma
James, aka Uncle Jim aka Pappy, was born in Depew,
Creek County OK. He was living in Slick, Creek County, Oklahoma when he died.
Funeral Card
James William "Pappy" Gilreath
April 5, 1911
June 11, 1911
Services
Friday, June 14, 1991
10:00 A.M.
Graveside
Beggs Cemetery
Officiating
Rev. Shawn Thomas
Interment
Beggs Cemetery
Beggs, Oklahoma
Spivey Funeral Home
Beggs, Oklahoma
Okmulgee Daily Times
Thursday June 13, 1991
James William (Pappy) Gilreath, 80, a
resident of Slick, Oklahoma died June 11, 1991 in the Veterans
Hospital in Muskogee. He was born April 5, 1911 in Depew,
Oklahoma.
He was a retired iron worker from Slick, Oklahoma. He was a
veteran of WWII and a member of the Masonic Lodge.
He was preceded in death by one son, L.S. Gilreath.
Survivors include his wife, Wanda of the home; four sons, James
Gilreath, Watonga, Oklahoma; Tom Gilreath, Saden, Kansas; Willie
Gilreath, Slick, Oklahoma; Dallas Gilreath, Tulsa, Oklahoma; one
daughter, Diana Cunningham, Carson, Kansas; two step-daughters,
Lora McKinney, Cushing, Oklahoma; Betty O'Nolan, Kileen, Texas;
two brothers, Carmen Gilreath, Skytook (sic), Oklahoma; Frank
Gilreath, Bristow, Oklahoma; and a number of grandchildren.
Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, June 14, 1991
at Beggs Cemetery with Rev. Shawn Thomas officiating. Interment
will be in Beggs Cemetery under the direction of Spivey Funeral
Home
[obit added October 2009]
Submitted by Family Researcher Bobbi Dunn
bluerose68@gmail.com Oct
2004.