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Submitted: 6/17/21 • Approved: 6/17/21 • Last Updated: 6/20/21 • R428635-G0-S3
1925-2000
Loving Husband & Dad
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Johnny F. Gillman, 74, of Borger died Sunday, Jan. 30 in Borger.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Ken Sheppard, Pastor of Faith Covenant Church, officiating. Interment will be in "Eastlawn Garden" at Highland Park Cemetery under the direction of Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Mr. Gillman was born in Okmulgee, Okla., on Aug. 2, 1925 and had been a Borger area resident since 1925. He married Georgia Line on July 25, 1943, in Las Cruces, N.M.
As a co-owner of Travelers Oil Co., he was activly [sic] involved in development and production of oil and gas in the Texas Panhandle. He attended Faith Covenant Church where he served as an elder.
He was preceeded [sic] in death by his son Jerry Dean Gillman, in 1960.
Survivors include his wife, Georgia of the home; two sons, Levert and Teresa Gillman and Bruce and Teresa Gillman, both of Borger; three brothers, H.B. Gillman of Glenwood, Ark., L.C. Gillman of Ft. Bragg, Calif. and Billy M. Gillman of Amarillo; five grandchildren, Cap and Leslyn Gillman of of [sic] Amarillo, Trey and Lisa Gillman of Borger, Matt and Cristen Gillman of Borger, Jenniffer Gillman of Amarillo and Amanda and John David Dawson of Amarillo; five great-grandchildren, Claire, Georgia Grace, Elizabeth, Shelby and Catlin.
Memorials may be made to Faith Covenant Memorial Fund, Borger, or Alzheimers Association of the Texas Panhandle, 2200 W. Seventh, Amarillo, Texas, 79106.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Monday, January 31, 2000)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: John Franklin Gillman
Death Date: 30 Jan 2000
Death County: Hutchinson
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Johnny Franklin Gillman
[Johnny F Gillman]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 2 Aug 1925
Birth Place: Okmulgle Okm, Oklahoma
Death Date: 30 Jan 2000
Father: John L Gillman
Mother: Beulah E Smith
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Dec 1941: Name listed as JOHNNY FRANKLIN GILLMAN; 04 Feb 2000: Name listed as JOHNNY F GILLMAN
Contributed on 6/17/21
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Record #: 428635