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Submitted: 12/24/19 • Approved: 12/24/19 • Last Updated: 12/27/19 • R248295-G0-S3
SECOND LIEUTENANT US Army
Korea (1953-1955)
December 25, 1931 - June 23, 2016
Our Texas Aggie
Loving husband, dad and papa
*Obituary
Funeral services for Joe K. McGill, 84, of Seminole will be held Monday at 10:30 A.M. in the M. S. Doss Community Chapel with interment to follow in the Gaines County Cemetery under the direction of Ratliff Funeral Home.
Joe was born in Seminole to Roy and Ione Ward McGill on Dec. 25, 1931. He graduated from Seminole High School in 1949 and attended Tarlton Jr. College from 1949 to 1950 when he transferred to Texas A & M University, where he was a member of the Corps of Cadets until his graduation in 1953, and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the US Army serving in the Korean Conflict from 1953 to 1955. He had worked for Halliburton, Amerada, Texaco and owned Andrews Lumber Yard. Joe married Sandra Dale Wilks on July 12, 1953 in Longview. He entered St. Mary’s School of Law in San Antonio graduating in 1963 and has just received his certificate for 50 years of practice. They had a son Kelley Dale in 1967 and a daughter Martha Lee who passed away Nov. 26, 1969. Joe was elected as Gaines County Attorney in 1969 and served until 1989 when he and Bill Curry acquired Gaines County Abstract Company.
Joe participated in various civic organizations including the Rotary and Lions Clubs, The Seminole Economic Development Commission, and was a member of the First United Methodist Church. Joe has served as President of The M.S. Doss Foundation Board since 1987.
He is survived by his wife of 53 years Sandra; his son Kelley and wife Stacey McGill of Little Rock, Arkansas; his sister Marguerite Gillispie of Henryetta,Oklahoma; his grandchildren Jessica McGill, Aidan McGill, and Taylor Dovers; one great-grandson Silas McPherson; his Gaines County Abstract family Jeannie Marrow, Denise Curry, Deborah Landrum, Yolanda Gonzalez, Janie Esquivel, Kimberly Duran, Maria Garcia, Debbie Frazell, Joe Nelson, Jean Nelson, Cynthia Neitsch and Katie Villalva; and the M.S. Doss Foundation family Sharla Jeter, Lori Bagwell and Shirley Whisenant.
Donations may be made to the children’s charity of your choice or the First United Methodist Church.
Family and friends visitation will be Sunday 3:00 – 5:00 P.M. in the Ratliff Funeral Home.
Published in the Seminole Sentinel.
Contributed on 12/24/19 by neldapat
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