Extracted from The Tuscaloosa News (Tuscaloosa, AL)
Mrs. Anna Gilliland
WEST BLOCTON -- Mrs. Anna Lou Gilliland, 86, died
Thursday night at her home. Funeral services will be
Sunday at 2 p.m. at Johntown Baptist Church with the
Rev. Clyde Dailey, the Rev. Hershal Jenkins and the
Rev. Billy Morrison officiating. Burial will be in
the church cemetery with Jack Lee and Sons Funeral
Home of Centreville directing.
The body will lie in state from 1-2 p.m. at the church.
Survivors include six sons, Houston Gilliland of Culiman,
Nathan Gilliland of Centreville, J.A. Gilliland of Centreville,
Malcolm Gilliland of Bessemer, Fred Gilliland of
Birmingham and Brady Gilliland of Marana, Ariz.;
five daughters, Mrs. Bertha Marshall, Mrs. Rosie Owens
of Centreville, Mrs. Beatrice Nelson of West Blocton,
Mrs. Elmiree Snipes of Tuscaloosa and Mrs. Mary Mathews
of West Blocton; one brother, James R. Blake of Montgomery;
one sister, Mrs. Nannie Wilson of Woodstock; 61
grandchildren; 120 great-grandchildren; and 12
great-great-grandchildren.
Saturday, February 26, 1977