Name:
Nolan Archie Gill, Sr.

Dates:
Birth date: May 10, 1921
Death date: July 30, 2011

Obituary:
Mr. Nolan Archie Gill, Sr., 90 of Blackshear, passed away Saturday morning (July 30, 2011) at his son's home in Fernandina Beach following a lengthy illness.

Born in Jesup, GA on May 10, 1921, he had lived in Hilliard, Florida for 55 years before moving to Blackshear in 2004. He was a retired boiler tender with CCA (now Smurf Stone Corp) and was a US Army veteran having served during World War II. Mr. Gill was a member of the Hilliard Masonic Lodge # 32 and was an honorary member of the Blackshear Masonic Lodge #270. He was a charter member and President of the Brickyard Cemetery Hunting Club.

Mr. Gill was a son of the late Elder Robert Daniel & Ethel Elmer Little Gill. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Ruth Brown Gill; a daughter, Peggy Patricia Gill; a sister, Mildred Patricia Gill; and three brothers, Robert Gill, Daniel Royce Gill and Franklin Gill.

Survivors include a daughter, Brenda Rowe of Yulee, FL; four sons and a daughter-in-law, Nolan Gill, Jr. of Hilliard, FL, Robert "Bobby" & Janet Gill of O'Neal, Fl, Cecil Gill of Fernandina Beach, FL and Michael Gill of Nassauville, FL; three sisters, Sarah Dial of Waycross and Josephine Floyd and Eleanor & Ronald Melton all of Blackshear; seven brothers, Gerald Gill, Linwood & Joyce Gill, Robert & Brenda Gill, James & Linda Gill, Johnny Gill, Buck & Wanda Gill and Ray & Glenda Gill all of Blackshear; numerous grandchildren, nieces, nephews and other relatives.

Memorials:
Memorials may be made to the Blackshear Masonic Lodge, C/O Elliot Harn, PO Box 270, Blackshear, GA 31516.

Visitation:
The family will receive friends Wednesday (August 3, 2011) from 6 until 8 at the funeral home.

Service:
Graveside services for Mr. Gill will be held at 11:00 o'clock Thursday morning (August 4, 2011) at the Enon Cemetery with military honors and Masonic rites.

Pearson-Dial Funeral Home
659 Main Street | Blackshear, GA 31516
Phone: (912) 449-6626
E-Mail: [email protected]