The Pilot
Aberdeen/Southern Pines, North Carolina
7 March, 1930

A. L. Gilliland Succumbs

    A. L. Gilliland, aged 77, passed away Monday at noon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. R. L. Oldham, in Vass, after an illness of more than a year. Mr. Gilliland was a native of Chatham county. Many years ago he came to what is now Hoke county to live, and was united in marriage to Miss Mary McLeod, a member of a prominent family. He engaged in farming and in the turpentine business and for a number of years was postmaster at Inverness.
    While not old enough to see service in the Civil War, Mr. Gilliland could remember the years of strife, and he was deeply interested in everything connected with the cause. He had a peculiar interest in the Confederate veterans, and often attended their reunions, in one instance going all the way to Texas to be with them.
    Mr. Gilliland’s last year was spent at the home of his daughter, where he was lovingly and efficiently cared for and where everything possible was done to make his last days as comfortable as they could be made.
    The funeral was conducted Tuesday afternoon by the Rev. Charles A. Lawrence and the body laid to rest in the McLeod family burying ground in Hoke county. In addition to the daughter, one son, Edwards (Bosh) Gilliland of Southern Pines, one sister, Mrs. Francis Kidd of Bennett, three brothers, Worthy, of Greensboro and Jim and Wesley Gilliland, of Bennett and five grandchildren survive.

-transcription by Kate Maynard, 2013