James Theodore GilbertPassing: August 26, 2018
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Funeral Service |
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Thursday, August 30th @ 10:00 am |
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Wednesday, August 29th @ 5:00-7:00 pm |
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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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