The Statesville Daily Record
Statesville, North Carolina
September 1, 1942

MRS. GILLELAND
TAKEN BY DEATH

   Mrs. Thomas N. Gilleland of 1340 Boulevard, died this morning at her home, death following a brief illness. She was 67 years old.
    She was Miss Linnie Brown, of Alexander county before her marriage. Surviving are her husband and two sons, W. R. and Fred Gilleland, of Statesville, and two half-bothers, Sam and Lon Hart, also of Statesville.
   Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 4 o’clock, from Western Avenue Baptist church. The pastor, Rev. Herbert Baucom, will be in charge of the services. Interment will follow in Oakwood cemetery.

-- transcription by Kate Maynard, 2010