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James Theodore GilbertPassing: August 26, 2018

Service:

Chastain Funeral Home

Funeral Service

Thursday, August 30th @ 10:00 am

Visitation:

Chastain Funeral Home

Wednesday, August 29th @ 5:00-7:00 pm

Cemetery:

Proctor/Dixon Chapel Cemetery

Thursday, August 30th

BEDFORD – James Theodore Gilbert, 89, passed away Sunday morning, August 26, 2018, at Westview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Born October 27, 1928, in Medora, he was the son of Henry Wilburn and Mary Ethel (Baker) Gilbert.  He married Emily Rhodes Melton March 27, 1948, and she preceded  him in death April 4, 2009.

Ted had been a police officer in El Sequndo, California, and was also a contractor.  He was a member of the First Church of God in Mitchell and Spring Mill Squares.  Ted was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II.

Surviving:
children,
James (Mickee) Gilbert of Bedford
Michael Gilbert of Bedford
Steven (Sheilia) Gilbert of Mitchel
Jane Decker of Bloomington
daughter-in-law,
Sherry Gilbert of Bloomington
11 grandchildren
19 great grandchildren
sister,
Emily Belle Lane of Jefferson City, Missouri

His parents; wife; son, Jeffrey Wayne Gilbert; daughter-in-law, Roxanne Gilbert; and sisters, Elizabeth Ann Wilcoxen and Phyllis Juanita Shepherd, preceded him in death.

Funeral service will be at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, August 30, in the Memorial Chapel of Chastain Funeral Home & Cremation Center with Dr. Robert C. Courson officiating.  Burial will be in Proctor/Dixon Chapel Cemetery with military honors accorded by American Legion Post No. 250 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 9107.

Friends may call from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Wednesday and from 9:00 a.m. until the service on Thursday at the funeral home.

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3 Guest Comments

  1. Guest: Wayne Gilbert | BROWNSTOWN
    Date: August 28, 2018
    ted will be sorely missed by all who knewn him. i'll always remember days gone by of Pea Ridge @ theodore (Sr) house and ted's snake hunting prowess. many memories of summers spent at granddads with the cousins climbing the catalpa tree and falling out of the same. so did Phyllis.peecious memories, how they linger.
  2. Guest: Mary Lagle | Mitchell
    Date: August 28, 2018
    Steve and all the Gilbert family, So sorry for your loss.Jim was a special man and my friend, and pew buddy. I have many special memories of him at church,one time we were sitting together and his hearing aid started buzzing, people were looking around thinking it was the intercom,I wrote him a note and told him,we shared a good laugh.I will remember him always. Pauline
  3. Guest: Sheryl Walton | Mitchell
    Date: August 27, 2018
    I became acquainted with Jim at First Baptist in Mitchell. He was a funny man and loved to tell stories. I felt blessed to have called him my friend.