Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
BirthOct 6, 1927, Caswell County, North Carolina161
DeathFeb 9, 2018, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Frances Simmons Gilliam
BurialUnion Ridge Church, 115 Altamahaw-Union Ridge Rd, Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Frances Simmons Gilliam
FatherElisha Lendon SIMMONS (1875-1955)
MotherMartha Susan RICE (1885-1945)
Spouses
BirthJun 11, 1924, Alamance County, North Carolina404, United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYCW-ST1 : 20 May 2014), Rudy L Gilliam, 25 Mar 2003; citing U.S,404, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHR1-9CF : 8 December 2014), Rudy Lee Gilliam in entry for Gilliam, 1924; from "North Carolina
DeathMar 25, 2003, Alamance County, North Carolina404, United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYCW-ST1 : 20 May 2014), Rudy L Gilliam, 25 Mar 2003; citing U.S
BurialUnion Ridge Church, 115 Altamahaw-Union Ridge Rd, Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina470, Rudy Lee “RL” Gilliam Jr.
FatherRudy Lee GILLIAM Sr. (1885-1956)
MotherLucy Mae FITCH (1897-1929)
Obituary Online notes for Margie Frances SIMMONS
Frances Simmons Gilliam

Mrs. Frances Simmons Gilliam, 90, formerly of the Union Ridge Community, died Friday, February 9, 2018.
The family will receive friends Monday evening, from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. at Rich and Thompson Funeral Service in Burlington.
3, Frances Simmons Gilliam

2/12/2018

Frances Simmons Gilliam


Mrs. Frances Simmons Gilliam, 90, of Burlington, died on Friday, February 9, 2018 at the Coble Creek Healthcare Center at Twin Lakes Community.
A native of Caswell County, she was the wife of the late Rudy Lee “R.L.” Gilliam, Jr., and the daughter of Elisha Simmons and Martha Rice Simmons, both deceased. She was a homemaker and was a member of Union Ridge Church. At Union Ridge, she was a member of the Ella Fleming Sunday School Class, the Golden Agers, and was a former nursery worker and vacation bible school volunteer. Mrs. Gilliam was also a member of the Alamance County Extension Homemakers.

Survivors include her three children, Susan G. Burge (Steve), Cathy G. Bullard (Tommy) and Rev. Kevin Gilliam (Kathy); six grandchildren, Perry Bullard (Catherine), Charles Bullard, Stephanie Hollowell (Dr. Robert), Leeanne Walker (Dr. David), Kimberly Guley (Kevin), and Barbara Ann Sexton (Jamie); nine great-grandchildren; and her sister, Grace Shambley.
In addition to her husband and her parents, she was preceded in death by five sisters and 11 brothers.
A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at Union Ridge Church with Rev. Dan Ficklin officiating. Burial will immediately follow the service in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends on Monday, February 12 from 5 until 7 p.m. at Rich and Thompson Funeral and Cremation Service in Burlington.
Memorials may be made to Union Ridge Church Building Fund, 115 Altamahaw-Union Ridge Road, Burlington, NC 27217 or to Hospice of Alamance-Caswell, 914 Chapel Hill Road, Burlington, NC 27215.
Condolences may be offered at 
www.richandthompson.com. 3, Frances Simmons Gilliam
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