Herbert Gilkey
Herbert Gilkey, 67, of 336 Broadway, Middleport, died Sunday morning at home.
Born Oct. 31, 1917 on Gilkey Ridge in Meigs County, he was a son of Emmett and Alta Wilson Gilkey.
A retired Middleport Chief of Police, he was a charter member of the Fraternal Order of Police, a past member of the Middleport Fire Department, and a member of the Middleport First Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Ann (Betty) Gilkey, at home; three daughters, Shirley Kishbaugh, Columbus, Mildred Nash and Anna Mae Ellis, both of Middleport; a stepson and his wife, Jeff and Kitty Darst, Middleport; eight grandchildren; four brothers, Leonard, Roscoe and Jack Gilkey, all of Athens, and Wallace Gilkey, Wilkesville; three sisters, Kathleen Ellis, Glouster, Blanche Dille and Babe Fell, both of Logan; several nieces, nephews, brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law.
He was preceded in death by a brother Wayne, and infant brother Ralph and two sisters, Mabel Hogue and Alpha Jeffers.
Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Rawlings-Coats-Blower Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Miller officiating. Burial will be in Burlingham Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home all day Tuesday with the family present from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.
A memorial service by the Middleport Fire Department will be conducted 7 p.m. Tuesday followed by a Fraternal Order of Police memorial service.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Middleport Fire Department.
Pomeroy Daily Sentinel
July 16, 1985.
Herbert Gilkey
Herbert Gilkey, 67, of 336 Broadway, Middleport, died Sunday morning at home.
Born Oct. 31, 1917 on Gilkey Ridge in Meigs County, he was a son of Emmett and Alta Wilson Gilkey.
A retired Middleport Chief of Police, he was a charter member of the Fraternal Order of Police, a past member of the Middleport Fire Department, and a member of the Middleport First Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Ann (Betty) Gilkey, at home; three daughters, Shirley Kishbaugh, Columbus, Mildred Nash and Anna Mae Ellis, both of Middleport; a stepson and his wife, Jeff and Kitty Darst, Middleport; eight grandchildren; four brothers, Leonard, Roscoe and Jack Gilkey, all of Athens, and Wallace Gilkey, Wilkesville; three sisters, Kathleen Ellis, Glouster, Blanche Dille and Babe Fell, both of Logan; several nieces, nephews, brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law.
He was preceded in death by a brother Wayne, and infant brother Ralph and two sisters, Mabel Hogue and Alpha Jeffers.
Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Rawlings-Coats-Blower Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Miller officiating. Burial will be in Burlingham Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home all day Tuesday with the family present from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.
A memorial service by the Middleport Fire Department will be conducted 7 p.m. Tuesday followed by a Fraternal Order of Police memorial service.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Middleport Fire Department.
Pomeroy Daily Sentinel
July 16, 1985.
Family Members
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Mabel Gilkey Hogue
1912–1965
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Wayne Wilson TWIN Gilkey
1913–1973
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Alpha Mae Gilkey Jeffers
1914–1980
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Charles Roscoe Gilkey
1919–1994
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Ralph Gilkey
1924–1924
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Bessie Eileen Gilkey Fell
1925–2001
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Ray Jackson Gilkey
1928–2005
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Leonard E Gilkey
1929–2013
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Kathleen Norma Gilkey Ellis
1930–1996
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Wallace Emmett Gilkey
1933–1990
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Blanche Ann Gilkey Dille
1935–2011
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