From the Files of Marguerite Cook Clark: Edward Belle Gillon.

Last week, I posted obituaries and a photo of Lucy Octavia Wimberly Gillon. Today, I have some obituaries for her husband, E. B. Gillon. These obituaries were found in the collection held by the family of Marguerite Cook Clark. 

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There was no date on either obituary so I checked Newspaper.com and found obituaries in The Shreveport Times dated January 8th and 9th, 1968. The obituaries state he died on a Sunday making his date of death January 7, 1968.

All of the obituaries except one, name him as E. B. Gillon. One gives his name as Edmond V. Gillon.  Some checking reveals that his name is actually Edward Belle Gillon. He was born on March 5, 1892, in Red River Parish to James Gillon and Fannie DeMoss. 

Edward married Lucy Octavia "Tavia" Wimberly around 1915. In 1920, Tavia and Edward were living in Ringgold with Edward's mother Fannie. Edward was a salesman at a general store. 

Edward owned his home and his own store by 1930. Fannie Gillon lived with Edward and Octavia along with a cook, Mirah Williams. 

In 1940, Edward and Tavia owned a home on Mill Street. Edward was a manager and Tavia was an assistant manager at a retail store. Tavia's nephew Rush Alums, his wife and son, and three boarders also lived in the home. 

Edward and his wife owned The Economy Store in Ringgold. Edward was a former mayor and served on the town council in Ringgold. He was a very active member of Ringgold Methodist Church. 

Edward and Tavia are buried in the Wimberly Cemetery in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. 

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Sources

Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. 

Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. 

Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. 

Family photographs and documents from the collection of Marguerite Cook Clark. Accessed April 28, 2014, September 14, 2014, and November 9 to 11, 2016. Used with permission.

Quinn, Diana Bryan. Moments in Time, A Genealogy Blog: From the Files of Marguerite Cook Clark: Lucy Octavia Wimberly Gillon of Ringgold in Bienville Parish. Blogger., 20 January 2019. Web. 22 January 2019. <https://momentsintimeagenealogyblog.blogspot.com/2019/01/from-files-of-marguerite-cook-clark.html>

Wimberly, Vera. Wimberly Family History: Ancestors, Relatives, and Descendants of William Wimberly, Pioneer from Georgia to Louisiana, 1837. Houston, Tex.: D. Armstrong, 1979. Print