WEDGEFIELD — Francis "Frank" Xavier Gill Jr., 54, died Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013, at the Dorn VA Medical Center in Columbia.
Born July 29, 1959, in Cleveland, Ohio, he was a son of the late Francis X. and Rosemary P. Hannan Gill. Mr. Gill was a United States Air Force veteran and a former employee of Wilson Hall School of Sumter. He loved fixing things and helping out his family.
Surviving are his stepchildren including three sons, Chip Amerson of New Mexico, and Mark Amerson and Timmy Amerson (Freda), both of Dalzell; five daughters, Janice Phelps (Ken) of Dalzell, Charlene Baxley of Paxville, Nancy Trapp of Columbia, Pattie Amerson of Bishopville and Raquel MacDonald (Pierce) of Dalzell; three sisters, Patricia Gill (Chuck Gerber) of Lompac, Calif., Mary Jo Gill of Whitesboro, N.Y., and Mary Eileen Gill (Dan Carr) of Cattaraugus, N.Y.; two brothers, James T. Gill (Elaine Petkovsek) of Oak Park, Ill., and Michael J. Gill of Laurel, Md.; 17 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 26 years, Shirley Ann Mathis Amerson Gill. Had they lived, Mr. and Mrs. Gill would have celebrated their 27th wedding anniversary on the date of his death. They shared the same month and day of birth, July 29.
He was also preceded in death by a sister, Maureen Wilson.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Chapel of the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with Father Matthew Gray officiating. Burial will be in the Ft. Jackson National Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 128 Stonemark Lane, Columbia, SC 29210 or to Wilson Hall School, 520 Wilson Hall Road, Sumter, SC 29150.
Born July 29, 1959, in Cleveland, Ohio, he was a son of the late Francis X. and Rosemary P. Hannan Gill. Mr. Gill was a United States Air Force veteran and a former employee of Wilson Hall School of Sumter. He loved fixing things and helping out his family.
Surviving are his stepchildren including three sons, Chip Amerson of New Mexico, and Mark Amerson and Timmy Amerson (Freda), both of Dalzell; five daughters, Janice Phelps (Ken) of Dalzell, Charlene Baxley of Paxville, Nancy Trapp of Columbia, Pattie Amerson of Bishopville and Raquel MacDonald (Pierce) of Dalzell; three sisters, Patricia Gill (Chuck Gerber) of Lompac, Calif., Mary Jo Gill of Whitesboro, N.Y., and Mary Eileen Gill (Dan Carr) of Cattaraugus, N.Y.; two brothers, James T. Gill (Elaine Petkovsek) of Oak Park, Ill., and Michael J. Gill of Laurel, Md.; 17 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 26 years, Shirley Ann Mathis Amerson Gill. Had they lived, Mr. and Mrs. Gill would have celebrated their 27th wedding anniversary on the date of his death. They shared the same month and day of birth, July 29.
He was also preceded in death by a sister, Maureen Wilson.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Chapel of the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with Father Matthew Gray officiating. Burial will be in the Ft. Jackson National Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 128 Stonemark Lane, Columbia, SC 29210 or to Wilson Hall School, 520 Wilson Hall Road, Sumter, SC 29150.
WEDGEFIELD — Francis "Frank" Xavier Gill Jr., 54, died Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013, at the Dorn VA Medical Center in Columbia.
Born July 29, 1959, in Cleveland, Ohio, he was a son of the late Francis X. and Rosemary P. Hannan Gill. Mr. Gill was a United States Air Force veteran and a former employee of Wilson Hall School of Sumter. He loved fixing things and helping out his family.
Surviving are his stepchildren including three sons, Chip Amerson of New Mexico, and Mark Amerson and Timmy Amerson (Freda), both of Dalzell; five daughters, Janice Phelps (Ken) of Dalzell, Charlene Baxley of Paxville, Nancy Trapp of Columbia, Pattie Amerson of Bishopville and Raquel MacDonald (Pierce) of Dalzell; three sisters, Patricia Gill (Chuck Gerber) of Lompac, Calif., Mary Jo Gill of Whitesboro, N.Y., and Mary Eileen Gill (Dan Carr) of Cattaraugus, N.Y.; two brothers, James T. Gill (Elaine Petkovsek) of Oak Park, Ill., and Michael J. Gill of Laurel, Md.; 17 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 26 years, Shirley Ann Mathis Amerson Gill. Had they lived, Mr. and Mrs. Gill would have celebrated their 27th wedding anniversary on the date of his death. They shared the same month and day of birth, July 29.
He was also preceded in death by a sister, Maureen Wilson.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Chapel of the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with Father Matthew Gray officiating. Burial will be in the Ft. Jackson National Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 128 Stonemark Lane, Columbia, SC 29210 or to Wilson Hall School, 520 Wilson Hall Road, Sumter, SC 29150.
Born July 29, 1959, in Cleveland, Ohio, he was a son of the late Francis X. and Rosemary P. Hannan Gill. Mr. Gill was a United States Air Force veteran and a former employee of Wilson Hall School of Sumter. He loved fixing things and helping out his family.
Surviving are his stepchildren including three sons, Chip Amerson of New Mexico, and Mark Amerson and Timmy Amerson (Freda), both of Dalzell; five daughters, Janice Phelps (Ken) of Dalzell, Charlene Baxley of Paxville, Nancy Trapp of Columbia, Pattie Amerson of Bishopville and Raquel MacDonald (Pierce) of Dalzell; three sisters, Patricia Gill (Chuck Gerber) of Lompac, Calif., Mary Jo Gill of Whitesboro, N.Y., and Mary Eileen Gill (Dan Carr) of Cattaraugus, N.Y.; two brothers, James T. Gill (Elaine Petkovsek) of Oak Park, Ill., and Michael J. Gill of Laurel, Md.; 17 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 26 years, Shirley Ann Mathis Amerson Gill. Had they lived, Mr. and Mrs. Gill would have celebrated their 27th wedding anniversary on the date of his death. They shared the same month and day of birth, July 29.
He was also preceded in death by a sister, Maureen Wilson.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Chapel of the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with Father Matthew Gray officiating. Burial will be in the Ft. Jackson National Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 128 Stonemark Lane, Columbia, SC 29210 or to Wilson Hall School, 520 Wilson Hall Road, Sumter, SC 29150.
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