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Surnames: BRAUN, GILLHAM, HALL, HINKLE, INMAN, MOWERY, REEDER, SUMMERVILLE, WOODS
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THE BLOOMFIELD NEWS, Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, Thursday, November 3, 1966,Volume
LXXXXII, Number 5, Page 1, Column 8, “Mrs. Leota Gillham Succumbs Tuesday.” [Transcribed
on April 26, 2006 by RLJ from microfilm of the original newspaper on file in the
Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library.]
Mrs. Leota (SUMMERVILLE) GILLHAM, a resident of Scotland, died at 1:12 p.m. Tuesday at
Freeman Greene County Hospital following a lingering illness.
Born June 30, 1879 in Daviess County, she was the daughter of Ziba and Sarah (HOLT) INMAN.
She was preceded in death by two husbands, John H. SUMMERVILLE and Jake GILLHAM.
Surviving are the children, Mrs. Herschel (Mary) HINKLE, of Elnora, Mrs. Thomas (Hazel)
MOWERY, of Sandborn, Mrs. Riley (Martha) HALL and Veral (Tootie) SUMMERVILLE, of Scotland,
and Curtis SUMMERVILLE, of Kokomo; three sisters, Mrs. Kathryn REEDER and Mrs. Lila BRAUN,
of Indianapolis, Mrs. Stella WOODS of Newberry; 7 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by five children.
She was a member of the Scotland Methodist Church.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday in the Scotland Methodist Church, the
Rev. Don Tichenor and the Rev. Tom STILES officiating. Burial will be in the Scotland
Cemetery. Friends may call at Jenkins & Sons Funeral Home.