daughter of J.J. Gray - Eula Kelly
Services were held in the First United Methodist Church for Lenora Pearl Gilmore, 93, officiated by Rev. Lloyd Sansom, pastor.
Pearl Gray married Marvin Gilmore on 6 December 1898 at almost 19 years of age.
She had lived in Olney since 1891 and was a homemaker. She was a member of the Methodist church.
Survivors: son - Harlen of Megargel; two daughters - Mrs. Clara Gentry of Mission, a nurse to the whole area and Mrs. Lorene Clifton of Olney; brother - Kelly Gray of Mission; sister - Mrs. Ruth Mahan of Olney; 12 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; 12 great-great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Pearl Gilmore served mankind until she was no longer physically able to do so. She was an active member of the First Methodist Church.
A postmaster was describing is desperation in filling a position for mail carrier with his friend, J.J. Gray one day. Gray up and volunteered his daughter's services; the postmaster agreed. It was a grateful, hard-pressed postmaster who put the young 18 year old Pearl Gray, to work with a wagon and a team of horses in 1897. Her father assured the postmaster that she was fully capable of handling the job as she was already an experienced horse-woman. She was slight in stature, her route was from Olney to Springcreek and back.
"I didn't have to worry about zip codes then, so I made out alright" she chuckled. Pearl's only worry was rough roads in dry weather and the "bog-bog" during wet weather when wagon wheels became mired in mud.
Serving other people was her life.
Services were held in the First United Methodist Church for Lenora Pearl Gilmore, 93, officiated by Rev. Lloyd Sansom, pastor.
Pearl Gray married Marvin Gilmore on 6 December 1898 at almost 19 years of age.
She had lived in Olney since 1891 and was a homemaker. She was a member of the Methodist church.
Survivors: son - Harlen of Megargel; two daughters - Mrs. Clara Gentry of Mission, a nurse to the whole area and Mrs. Lorene Clifton of Olney; brother - Kelly Gray of Mission; sister - Mrs. Ruth Mahan of Olney; 12 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; 12 great-great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Pearl Gilmore served mankind until she was no longer physically able to do so. She was an active member of the First Methodist Church.
A postmaster was describing is desperation in filling a position for mail carrier with his friend, J.J. Gray one day. Gray up and volunteered his daughter's services; the postmaster agreed. It was a grateful, hard-pressed postmaster who put the young 18 year old Pearl Gray, to work with a wagon and a team of horses in 1897. Her father assured the postmaster that she was fully capable of handling the job as she was already an experienced horse-woman. She was slight in stature, her route was from Olney to Springcreek and back.
"I didn't have to worry about zip codes then, so I made out alright" she chuckled. Pearl's only worry was rough roads in dry weather and the "bog-bog" during wet weather when wagon wheels became mired in mud.
Serving other people was her life.
daughter of J.J. Gray - Eula Kelly
Services were held in the First United Methodist Church for Lenora Pearl Gilmore, 93, officiated by Rev. Lloyd Sansom, pastor.
Pearl Gray married Marvin Gilmore on 6 December 1898 at almost 19 years of age.
She had lived in Olney since 1891 and was a homemaker. She was a member of the Methodist church.
Survivors: son - Harlen of Megargel; two daughters - Mrs. Clara Gentry of Mission, a nurse to the whole area and Mrs. Lorene Clifton of Olney; brother - Kelly Gray of Mission; sister - Mrs. Ruth Mahan of Olney; 12 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; 12 great-great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Pearl Gilmore served mankind until she was no longer physically able to do so. She was an active member of the First Methodist Church.
A postmaster was describing is desperation in filling a position for mail carrier with his friend, J.J. Gray one day. Gray up and volunteered his daughter's services; the postmaster agreed. It was a grateful, hard-pressed postmaster who put the young 18 year old Pearl Gray, to work with a wagon and a team of horses in 1897. Her father assured the postmaster that she was fully capable of handling the job as she was already an experienced horse-woman. She was slight in stature, her route was from Olney to Springcreek and back.
"I didn't have to worry about zip codes then, so I made out alright" she chuckled. Pearl's only worry was rough roads in dry weather and the "bog-bog" during wet weather when wagon wheels became mired in mud.
Serving other people was her life.
Services were held in the First United Methodist Church for Lenora Pearl Gilmore, 93, officiated by Rev. Lloyd Sansom, pastor.
Pearl Gray married Marvin Gilmore on 6 December 1898 at almost 19 years of age.
She had lived in Olney since 1891 and was a homemaker. She was a member of the Methodist church.
Survivors: son - Harlen of Megargel; two daughters - Mrs. Clara Gentry of Mission, a nurse to the whole area and Mrs. Lorene Clifton of Olney; brother - Kelly Gray of Mission; sister - Mrs. Ruth Mahan of Olney; 12 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; 12 great-great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Pearl Gilmore served mankind until she was no longer physically able to do so. She was an active member of the First Methodist Church.
A postmaster was describing is desperation in filling a position for mail carrier with his friend, J.J. Gray one day. Gray up and volunteered his daughter's services; the postmaster agreed. It was a grateful, hard-pressed postmaster who put the young 18 year old Pearl Gray, to work with a wagon and a team of horses in 1897. Her father assured the postmaster that she was fully capable of handling the job as she was already an experienced horse-woman. She was slight in stature, her route was from Olney to Springcreek and back.
"I didn't have to worry about zip codes then, so I made out alright" she chuckled. Pearl's only worry was rough roads in dry weather and the "bog-bog" during wet weather when wagon wheels became mired in mud.
Serving other people was her life.
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