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MAURICE GILLIAM
Maurice Gilliam was born December 3, 1922 in Antlers, Oklahoma and
passed away
on April 14, 2002 in Paris, Texas at the age of 79 years.
Mrs. Gilliam has been a resident of Antlers for the past 45 years.
She was of
the Church of Christ faith and a past member of the Beta Sigma Phi
Sorority in
Stinnett, Texas. During WWII she worked making tents and
ammunition igloos and
later for Douglas Aircraft in Tulsa as an aircraft painter. She
was promoted to
paint inspector because she was a perfectionist. She was the first
lady to
become a Fuller Brush salesperson and she was also sold Salad
Master and was in
the top 50 sales persons for the product. She enjoyed sewing,
crocheting,
flowers, yardwork, canning and cooking for the holidays.
She was preceded in death by her parents: James and Eva Hammons; 2
brothers:
William Harley Hammons and James William Hammons; and
grandparents:
Gladdison Jefferson "Bud" and Mattie Baker Thomas.
She is survived by her husband Ben Gilliam of the home in Antlers,
Oklahoma;
2 sons: David Earl Gilliam of Canyon, Texas and Bobby Wayne
Gilliam of Antlers,
Oklahoma; 1 daughter: Bennie Sue Norton of Allen, Texas; 5
brothers: Raymond
Hammons of Antlers, Oklahoma; Billy Jack Hammons of Wilburton,
Oklahoma; Donald
Dean Hammons of Antlers, Oklahoma; Ronald Gene Hammons of Antlers,
Oklahoma;
Robert Daniel Hammons of Wilburton, Oklahoma; 1 sister: Temple
Irene Hammons
Jordan of Searcy, Arkansas and 5 grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 2:00 p.m.
at the
Mills-Coffey Chapel with Herbie Lee officiating.
Serving as pallbearers were: Tommy Jones, Gary Hammons, Johnny
Parks, Stan
White, Dillard Grimmett and Sam Smith.
She was laid to rest at the Antlers City Cemetery under the
direction of
Mills-Coffey Funeral Home in Antlers, Oklahoma.
(Push County Times, April 23, 2002)
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