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Leon Riley Gillum Sr
Jul 29, 1917 - Jul 16, 2016
Posted by: Martha Reddout
http://www.whineryfs.com
Leon Riley Gillum, Sr. was born on July 29, 1917 in Erick, Oklahoma, to
James Warren Gillum, Sr. and Edna Riley Gillum. He passed away on July 16,
2016 in Clinton, Oklahoma, at the age of 98 years, 11 months and 17 days.
Leon was born in a room above the Bonebrake-Gillum Hardware Store on Main
Street in Erick. He graduated from high school in Erick at the age of 16 and
went on to attend the University of Oklahoma in Norman. While on campus,
Leon was a proud member of the OU ‘Rufneks’ squad, as well as a member of
the ‘Pride of Oklahoma’ band. He graduated from OU in 1938 with a degree in
Business Administration. Since Leon graduated from OU four other family
members have graduated and one is currently attending. After graduation, he
started working for Texaco, and when he was 25, the company chose to
transfer him to Louisiana. It was there that he met and was married to Ruth
Marie Callahan in Houma, Louisiana on March 21, 1942. They made their home
in Houma and celebrated the birth of their first two children. Upon the
death of his father, Leon and Ruth then made their way back to Erick to run
his father’s Texaco station there. He continued delivering Texaco products
to surrounding rural communities for over 35 years. Many still remember the
gum that Leon always brought with him to give to the children. In Erick they
continued extending their family by having four more children.
Leon was preceded in death by his and Ruth’s parents, a brother, James
Warren Gillum, Jr., a son, Jerry Eugene Gillum; great-great grandson, Berit
Calvin Warren McAbee and a sister, Edna Gwendolyne Driskell.
Leon is survived by his wife, Ruth, of the home; his children, Leon Riley
Gillum, Jr. and wife, Norma, of Luther, OK; Gwendolyne Carol Gillum of
Yukon, OK; James Warren Gillum of Erick, OK; Jack Edward Gillum and wife,
Connie, of Amarillo, TX; David Leon Gillum and wife, Beverly, of Erick, OK;
a daughter-in-law, Wendy Joy Gillum of Edmond, OK; 12 grandchildren, 31
great grandchildren, 3 great great grandchildren and a host of other
relatives and friends.
The family requests donations be made to the Oklahoma Medical Research
Foundation.
Visitation Sunday, July 17, 2016
1:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Rose Chapel Funeral Service (Sayre)
906 N 4TH ST
Sayre, Oklahoma 73662
Visitation Monday, July 18, 2016
9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Rose Chapel Funeral Service (Sayre)
906 N 4TH ST
Sayre, Oklahoma 73662
Funeral Service Tuesday, July 19,
2016
10:00 AM
Rose Chapel Funeral Service (Sayre)
906 N 4TH ST
Sayre, Oklahoma 73662
Burial will follow in the Erick Cemetery
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