The Aspermont Star
Aspermont, Texas
13 February, 1936

Son Of Mr. and Mrs.
Wm Gilliland Is
Fatally Injured
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   Dewey Gilliland, 30, Sudan ginner, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm Gilliland of Swenson, was killed instantly late Monday night when his truck crashed into a concrete culvert on highway 380 near Avoca. C. F. Moore of Muleshoe, a companion, received severe head cuts and lacerations. The two were returning from Dallas with gin repair parts when the accident occurred.
   Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock from the Swenson Methodist church with Rev.  Clint McMillan, pastor of the Peacock Methodist church officiating. Burial was made in the Aspermont cemetery.
   Other than his parents he is survived by his wife, a son, Billie Joe, a daughter, Barbara, and a brother, W. F. Weatherford.
   Funeral arrangements were in charge of Tri-County Undertakers, Swenson.

-transcription by Kate Maynard, 2012