Bernard B. Gilmore
Olney Newspaper

Bernard B. Gilmore, age 97, of Olney TX, died Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009, in Olney TX.  Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009, in the chapel of Lunn Funeral Home with Dr. Ed Hart of Seymour and Bob Hayley, CPL of the First Presbyterian Church in Throckmorton, officiating. Interment followed in Throckmorton Cemetery in Throckmorton under the direction of Lunn Funeral Home. Mr. Gilmore was born September 24, 1911, in Throckmorton County to the late Ira L. and Ida (Means) Gilmore. He and Pauline Timmons were married April 10, 1944, in Elbert. She preceded him in death on Jan. 6, 2007.

Mr. Gilmore was a rancher and taught school in Elbert and the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona. While serving in the Army during WWII, 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 was preceded in death by one son, Dennis Lee Gilmore, on Nov. 23, 1951.

 

Survivors include one son, Dale Gilmore and wife Kathy of Olney; one sister, Allene Patrick of Irving; 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, Tx. 76374. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.lunnfuneralhome.com.

 

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