Harlo R. "Red" Gillgam "Red", age 88, of Burlington, NC, went home to be with his Lord Jesus Christ January 30, 2010 in Alamance. He was 88.
He was born and raised in Council Bluffs, Iowa and was the oldest of five siblings, two of whom are still living.
In 1941 his family moved to South Carolina and he began working at the Charleston Navy Yard. It was there he met and married Mary Louise Camp who became his wife of 65 years.
Harlo was a veteran of World War II serving in the Pacific campaign as a Navy Medical Corpsman. After the war he moved to Hendersonville, NC, and was employed by Youngblood Trucklines as a rate clerk. In 1969 he took a job with the Interstate Commerce Commission as a Tariff Examiner in Washington, D.C., until 1991.
Most of his retirement was spent in Charleston, SC, until he moved to Burlington, NC in 2006 to be closer to his son.
Harlo was a member of Holly Hill Baptist Church in Burlington and was a loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. In his spare time he enjoyed reading and was especially interested in medical books.
He was the husband of the late Mary Camp Gillgam and survivors include his daughter, Gail Marie Harrelson and husband, Bob of Edneyville, NC; son, James Robert and wife, Diana of Gibsonville; grandchildren, Beth and Mark Murphy and Anna Harrelson; three great-grandchildren and two sisters.
He was preceded in death by his wife, daughters, Ann Gillgam Butler and Doris Jean Green; parents, Vernon and Blanche Davis Gillgam and two brothers.
Entombment was in Alamance Memorial Park Mausoleum.
He was born and raised in Council Bluffs, Iowa and was the oldest of five siblings, two of whom are still living.
In 1941 his family moved to South Carolina and he began working at the Charleston Navy Yard. It was there he met and married Mary Louise Camp who became his wife of 65 years.
Harlo was a veteran of World War II serving in the Pacific campaign as a Navy Medical Corpsman. After the war he moved to Hendersonville, NC, and was employed by Youngblood Trucklines as a rate clerk. In 1969 he took a job with the Interstate Commerce Commission as a Tariff Examiner in Washington, D.C., until 1991.
Most of his retirement was spent in Charleston, SC, until he moved to Burlington, NC in 2006 to be closer to his son.
Harlo was a member of Holly Hill Baptist Church in Burlington and was a loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. In his spare time he enjoyed reading and was especially interested in medical books.
He was the husband of the late Mary Camp Gillgam and survivors include his daughter, Gail Marie Harrelson and husband, Bob of Edneyville, NC; son, James Robert and wife, Diana of Gibsonville; grandchildren, Beth and Mark Murphy and Anna Harrelson; three great-grandchildren and two sisters.
He was preceded in death by his wife, daughters, Ann Gillgam Butler and Doris Jean Green; parents, Vernon and Blanche Davis Gillgam and two brothers.
Entombment was in Alamance Memorial Park Mausoleum.
Harlo R. "Red" Gillgam "Red", age 88, of Burlington, NC, went home to be with his Lord Jesus Christ January 30, 2010 in Alamance. He was 88.
He was born and raised in Council Bluffs, Iowa and was the oldest of five siblings, two of whom are still living.
In 1941 his family moved to South Carolina and he began working at the Charleston Navy Yard. It was there he met and married Mary Louise Camp who became his wife of 65 years.
Harlo was a veteran of World War II serving in the Pacific campaign as a Navy Medical Corpsman. After the war he moved to Hendersonville, NC, and was employed by Youngblood Trucklines as a rate clerk. In 1969 he took a job with the Interstate Commerce Commission as a Tariff Examiner in Washington, D.C., until 1991.
Most of his retirement was spent in Charleston, SC, until he moved to Burlington, NC in 2006 to be closer to his son.
Harlo was a member of Holly Hill Baptist Church in Burlington and was a loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. In his spare time he enjoyed reading and was especially interested in medical books.
He was the husband of the late Mary Camp Gillgam and survivors include his daughter, Gail Marie Harrelson and husband, Bob of Edneyville, NC; son, James Robert and wife, Diana of Gibsonville; grandchildren, Beth and Mark Murphy and Anna Harrelson; three great-grandchildren and two sisters.
He was preceded in death by his wife, daughters, Ann Gillgam Butler and Doris Jean Green; parents, Vernon and Blanche Davis Gillgam and two brothers.
Entombment was in Alamance Memorial Park Mausoleum.
He was born and raised in Council Bluffs, Iowa and was the oldest of five siblings, two of whom are still living.
In 1941 his family moved to South Carolina and he began working at the Charleston Navy Yard. It was there he met and married Mary Louise Camp who became his wife of 65 years.
Harlo was a veteran of World War II serving in the Pacific campaign as a Navy Medical Corpsman. After the war he moved to Hendersonville, NC, and was employed by Youngblood Trucklines as a rate clerk. In 1969 he took a job with the Interstate Commerce Commission as a Tariff Examiner in Washington, D.C., until 1991.
Most of his retirement was spent in Charleston, SC, until he moved to Burlington, NC in 2006 to be closer to his son.
Harlo was a member of Holly Hill Baptist Church in Burlington and was a loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. In his spare time he enjoyed reading and was especially interested in medical books.
He was the husband of the late Mary Camp Gillgam and survivors include his daughter, Gail Marie Harrelson and husband, Bob of Edneyville, NC; son, James Robert and wife, Diana of Gibsonville; grandchildren, Beth and Mark Murphy and Anna Harrelson; three great-grandchildren and two sisters.
He was preceded in death by his wife, daughters, Ann Gillgam Butler and Doris Jean Green; parents, Vernon and Blanche Davis Gillgam and two brothers.
Entombment was in Alamance Memorial Park Mausoleum.
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