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Submitted: 8/13/15 • Approved: 9/18/15 • Last Updated: 9/21/15 • R1093267-G0-S3
Gordon 17 Aug 1922 - 26 Feb 2005
Marriage: 08 Jul 1947 in Independence County, Arkansas to Helen May (Woods) Milligan.
Gorden the son of William Ernest Milligan and Rebecca Irene (Jackson) Milligan. Gordon served in the US Army WWII TEC4.
[Obituary copied from the Batesville Daily Guard]
CALAMINE - Gordon Lee Milligan, 82, of Calamine died Saturday, Feb. 26, 2005, at his home.
Born Aug. 17, 1922, in Calamine, he was the son of Ernest and Irene Jackson Milligan. He was the owner of Kerr McGee Gas Station in West Batesville for many years and was retired from ConAgra Frozen Foods. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was a member of First Baptist Church of Cave City.
Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Helen Wood Milligan; two brothers, Kendall Milligan of Walnut Ridge and Edward Milligan of Cave City; two sisters, Margaret Milligan of Horn Lake, Miss., and Shirlene Peterson of Douglass, Kan.; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, W.O. Milligan and Jimmy Dale Milligan; and two sisters, Clara Moore and Jane Sawyer.
The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Roller-Crouch-McGee Funeral Home Chapel in Cave City with Grayden Milligan and Ron Canard officiating. Burial will be in Milligan Campground Cemetery near Strawberry.
Pallbearers will be Eddie Wayne Milligan, Ricky Milligan, Randy Milligan, Kevin Moore, Kendall Moore and Steve Milligan.
Honorary pallbearers are Larry Sawyer, Jerell K. Milligan, Dale Milligan, Terry Melton, Tom Garland, Junior Beam, Brandon Milligan, Taylor Milligan and Max Sullivan.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight.
The online guest book may be signed by visiting www.rollerfuneralhomes.com/cavecity.
Contributed on 8/13/15 by denise.bratcher63
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