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Surnames: BENNETT, FULLER, GILLHAM, HACKLER, JACKSON, MCNABB, RIGGLE, SIPES, SPENCER
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THE BLOOMFIELD NEWS, Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, Thursday, November 24, 1949,
Volume LXXV, Number 5, Page 1, Column 6, “Mrs. Gillham Rites At Kentucky Ridge—Dies at
Owensburg Star Route Home Friday.” [Transcribed on April 26, 2006 by RLJ from microfilm of
the original newspaper on file in the Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library.]
Final rites were held Tuesday for Mrs. Josephine (RIGGLE) GILLHAM, Owensburg star route
resident, at the Kentucky Ridge Church at 1 p. m.
Mrs. GILLHAM died Friday morning at her home following an illness of two years.
The deceased was born May 15, 1882, in Dubois County, the daughter of George W. and Mary
(BENNETT) RIGGLE. She was married to Jacob GILLHAM, July 12, 1899, who survives her.
She was a member of the Sullivan Church of Christ.
Besides her husband, she is survived by three sons, Raymond and Virgil, of Indianapolis,
and Claude, of Coolidge, Arizona; seven daughters, Mrs. Lula HACKLER and Mrs. Pauline
FULLER, of Owensburg; Mrs. Hazel JACKSON, of Koleen; Mrs. Ollie SPENCER, of Lafayette,
Colorado; Mrs. Effie MCNABB, of Greeley, Colorado; Mrs. Beulah HUNT, of Indianapolis, and
Mrs. Maude SIPES, of Kirksville, Indiana; twenty-nine grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren.