Services for Virgil Henry Gathings, 76, of Graham were officiated by Rev. Hubert Foust of Mineral Wells.
Gathings was a longtime resident of Graham.
He married Dorothy Marie Calhoun on 9 September 1940 in Young County.
He was a retired serviceman for McCoy Furniture company.
He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the US Army.
Gathings was a member of the FIrst Baptist Church, the VFW and the DAV.
Survived by his wife; one daughter - Mary Dell Feltman of Bullhead City, AZ; one son - Virgil H. Gathings, Jr. of Snyder; two sisters - Frances Thedford of Graham and Lilly Ruth Jones of Olney; two brothers - Richard Gathings of Warren and Jodie Lee Gathings of Bakersfield, CA; 10 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren.
Virgil Henry Gathings, son of Mrs. W. H. Gathings, Commanche, husband of Dorothy Calhoun, attened Olney High. Entered Army, 1944, trained at Camp Wolters, Texas. Served in N. Guinea, Luzon and Japan. Awarded GCM, PL, APO, 2 Battle Stars and Combat Inf. Badge. Discharged in 1945.
Gathings was a longtime resident of Graham.
He married Dorothy Marie Calhoun on 9 September 1940 in Young County.
He was a retired serviceman for McCoy Furniture company.
He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the US Army.
Gathings was a member of the FIrst Baptist Church, the VFW and the DAV.
Survived by his wife; one daughter - Mary Dell Feltman of Bullhead City, AZ; one son - Virgil H. Gathings, Jr. of Snyder; two sisters - Frances Thedford of Graham and Lilly Ruth Jones of Olney; two brothers - Richard Gathings of Warren and Jodie Lee Gathings of Bakersfield, CA; 10 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren.
Virgil Henry Gathings, son of Mrs. W. H. Gathings, Commanche, husband of Dorothy Calhoun, attened Olney High. Entered Army, 1944, trained at Camp Wolters, Texas. Served in N. Guinea, Luzon and Japan. Awarded GCM, PL, APO, 2 Battle Stars and Combat Inf. Badge. Discharged in 1945.
Services for Virgil Henry Gathings, 76, of Graham were officiated by Rev. Hubert Foust of Mineral Wells.
Gathings was a longtime resident of Graham.
He married Dorothy Marie Calhoun on 9 September 1940 in Young County.
He was a retired serviceman for McCoy Furniture company.
He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the US Army.
Gathings was a member of the FIrst Baptist Church, the VFW and the DAV.
Survived by his wife; one daughter - Mary Dell Feltman of Bullhead City, AZ; one son - Virgil H. Gathings, Jr. of Snyder; two sisters - Frances Thedford of Graham and Lilly Ruth Jones of Olney; two brothers - Richard Gathings of Warren and Jodie Lee Gathings of Bakersfield, CA; 10 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren.
Virgil Henry Gathings, son of Mrs. W. H. Gathings, Commanche, husband of Dorothy Calhoun, attened Olney High. Entered Army, 1944, trained at Camp Wolters, Texas. Served in N. Guinea, Luzon and Japan. Awarded GCM, PL, APO, 2 Battle Stars and Combat Inf. Badge. Discharged in 1945.
Gathings was a longtime resident of Graham.
He married Dorothy Marie Calhoun on 9 September 1940 in Young County.
He was a retired serviceman for McCoy Furniture company.
He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the US Army.
Gathings was a member of the FIrst Baptist Church, the VFW and the DAV.
Survived by his wife; one daughter - Mary Dell Feltman of Bullhead City, AZ; one son - Virgil H. Gathings, Jr. of Snyder; two sisters - Frances Thedford of Graham and Lilly Ruth Jones of Olney; two brothers - Richard Gathings of Warren and Jodie Lee Gathings of Bakersfield, CA; 10 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren.
Virgil Henry Gathings, son of Mrs. W. H. Gathings, Commanche, husband of Dorothy Calhoun, attened Olney High. Entered Army, 1944, trained at Camp Wolters, Texas. Served in N. Guinea, Luzon and Japan. Awarded GCM, PL, APO, 2 Battle Stars and Combat Inf. Badge. Discharged in 1945.
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