Bernard B. Gilmore
Bernard B. Gilmore, age 97, of Olney, Texas, died Sunday, January 25, 2009 in Olney.
Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 28, 2009, in the chapel of Lunn Funeral Home, with Dr. Ed Hart of Seymour, Texas and Bob Hayley, CPL of the First Presbyterian Church in Throckmorton, officiating. Interment will follow in Throckmorton Cemetery, Throckmorton, Texas under the direction of Lunn Funeral Home.
Mr. Gilmore was born September 24, 1911 in Throckmorton County, Texas to the late Ira L. and Ida (Means) Gilmore. He and Pauline Timmons were married April 10, 1944 in Elbert, Texas. She preceded him in death on January 6, 2007.
Mr. Gilmore was a rancher as well as taught school in Elbert, Texas and the Navaho Indian Reservation in Arizona. While serving in the Army during WW II, he taught numerous men how to read. He received bronze stars from the Asiatic Pacific Campaign and the Philippine Liberation. He served as the Throckmorton County Clerk for several years. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Throckmorton where he served as an elder since 1946. He was a member of the Farm Bureau and a past member of the American Legion. He moved to Olney from Elbert in 1985. He is preceded in death by one son Dennis Lee Gilmore on November 23, 1951.
Survivors include one son, Dale Gilmore and wife Kathy of Olney; one sister, Allene Patrick of Irving, Texas; and three grandchildren, Michael Gilmore and wife Charity, Ira Gilmore, and Molly Cauble and husband Robert; and six great grandchildren.Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 15186, Austin, Texas 78761 or the Olney Community Library and Art Center, P.O. Box 67, Olney, Texas 76374
