Obituary for J.R. Gililland
J.R. Gililland, age 90 passed away Wednesday, July 6, 200r at Plantation Village, Altus, Oklahoma.
He was born to William and Minnie Gililland in Durant, Oklahoma, on August 8, 1914, he was the youngest of seven.
He graduated from high in Sickles, Oklahoma and went on scholarship to get his bachelors degree and teaching certificate at Southwestern State College in Weatherford, Oklahoma. He received his Southwestern athletic letters in football and baseball. He later gained his Masters Degree in School Administration at Oklahoma A&M University (OSU) in Stillwater, Oklahoma in 1941.
J.R. married Sareba Lucille Cates of Weatherford, Oklahoma in 1941. With the exception of a brief tour in the California Ship Yards during World War ll, J.R. spent his professional career as a longtime teacher and school administrator in Oklahoma. His teaching career began in Erick, Oklahoma as a grade school principal and coach. In 1944 he was named Superintendent of Highway School south of Elk City. He later held Superintendent positions at Merritt, Sulphur, Muskogee and Clinton. In 1968, J.R. was named Superintendent of the Canadian Valley Area Oklahoma Vocational-Technical School in E Reno, where he retired in 1979.
J.R. really enjoyed his basketball coaching days at the Highway School, during the 1940's silk uniformed boys and girls basketball was taken very seriously in Beckman county much as it is today. J.R. loved to talk about his basketball players and students that meant so much to him and his teaching partner Sarena. He was a member of the Elk City Masonic lodge # 182, and reached the degee of master mason.
He was preceded in death by his wife Sarena, of 63 years, and three brothers, Herman, Floyd, Bill and three sisters, Jimmie, Belma and Ruth.
J.R.is survived by his three sons, Roger, Bruce, and Mark, eight grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, great nieces great nephews, family and students that will miss him always.
Service will be held Monday, July 11, 2005, at 10:00 am at the Wesley United Methodist Church in El Reno, Oklahoma. Interment will follow at the El Reno Cemetery in El Reno, Oklahoma. Under he direction of Lowell-Tims Funeral Home.
Online tributes can be made to the family of J.R. Gililland at www.lowell-tims.com
Memorials can be made to St. Jude children hospital or the charity of your choice.
07/11/2005
10:00 AM
Funeral
Wesley United Methodist Church
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He was born to William and Minnie Gililland in Durant, Oklahoma, on August 8, 1914, he was the youngest of seven.
He graduated from high in Sickles, Oklahoma and went on scholarship to get his bachelors degree and teaching certificate at Southwestern State College in Weatherford, Oklahoma. He received his Southwestern athletic letters in football and baseball. He later gained his Masters Degree in School Administration at Oklahoma A&M University (OSU) in Stillwater, Oklahoma in 1941.
J.R. married Sareba Lucille Cates of Weatherford, Oklahoma in 1941. With the exception of a brief tour in the California Ship Yards during World War ll, J.R. spent his professional career as a longtime teacher and school administrator in Oklahoma. His teaching career began in Erick, Oklahoma as a grade school principal and coach. In 1944 he was named Superintendent of Highway School south of Elk City. He later held Superintendent positions at Merritt, Sulphur, Muskogee and Clinton. In 1968, J.R. was named Superintendent of the Canadian Valley Area Oklahoma Vocational-Technical School in E Reno, where he retired in 1979.
J.R. really enjoyed his basketball coaching days at the Highway School, during the 1940's silk uniformed boys and girls basketball was taken very seriously in Beckman county much as it is today. J.R. loved to talk about his basketball players and students that meant so much to him and his teaching partner Sarena. He was a member of the Elk City Masonic lodge # 182, and reached the degee of master mason.
He was preceded in death by his wife Sarena, of 63 years, and three brothers, Herman, Floyd, Bill and three sisters, Jimmie, Belma and Ruth.
J.R.is survived by his three sons, Roger, Bruce, and Mark, eight grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, great nieces great nephews, family and students that will miss him always.
Service will be held Monday, July 11, 2005, at 10:00 am at the Wesley United Methodist Church in El Reno, Oklahoma. Interment will follow at the El Reno Cemetery in El Reno, Oklahoma. Under he direction of Lowell-Tims Funeral Home.
Online tributes can be made to the family of J.R. Gililland at www.lowell-tims.com
Memorials can be made to St. Jude children hospital or the charity of your choice.
07/11/2005
10:00 AM
Funeral
Wesley United Methodist Church
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