December 16, 2001

Dooley Gilmore

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Mildred "Dooley" Gilmore, 79, died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2001, at her home. Born Feb. 19, 1922 at Charleston, Mo., the daughter of the late Ward and Etna Hay DeField, she was a member of the First Christian Church in Sikeston. On Aug. 9, 1931, she was married to Weber Gilmore who survives of the home...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Mildred "Dooley" Gilmore, 79, died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2001, at her home.

Born Feb. 19, 1922 at Charleston, Mo., the daughter of the late Ward and Etna Hay DeField, she was a member of the First Christian Church in Sikeston.

On Aug. 9, 1931, she was married to Weber Gilmore who survives of the home.

Other survivors include two sons, George Weber Gilmore Jr. and H. Marvin Gilmore of Sikeston; two brothers, Edward and Fred DeField of Charleston; and five grandchildren, Brian Green of Sikeston, Boyd Green of Portland, Ore., Hugh M. Gilmore of Cape Girardeau, G.W. Gilmore III of Sikeston and Amanda Gilmore of Advance, Mo.; and three great-grandchildren.

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She was preceded in death by one daughter, Suzanne Gilmore and one son, Dr. David M. Gilmore.

Friends may call from 4-7 p.m. today at Ponder Funeral Home.

Services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Monday at the First Christian Church with the Rev. Paul Walker, a First Christian minister from Lakeland, Fla., officiating.

Burial will follow in Forrest Hills Cemetery near Morley.

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