Funeral services for Thelma Gilliam will be 2 p.m. Saturday, March 10, 2012 at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri with Pastor Ron Dunlap officiating. Visitation will be Friday evening from 5-7 p.m. at Schowengerdt Chapel. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Butler, Missouri. Contributions to Muscular Dystrophy Association or American Heart Association.
Thelma Margaret Gilliam, age 92 of Butler, Missouri died Monday, March 5, 2012 at Willow Lane Nursing Center in Butler. She was born February 3, 1920 to Herbert Lee and Dicie Mae Chitwood Snell in Spruce, Missouri.
Thelma is survived by one son, Joe Gilliam Jr. and companion Mary of Butler, Missouri; one daughter, Elaine Barnhart and husband David of Carthage, Missouri; three grandsons, Michael Barnhart and wife Jennifer of Centerton, Arkansas, Karl Barnhart of Pensacola, Florida and Greg Barnhart of Fayetteville, Arkansas; and three great-grandchildren, Finley, Aidan and Liam. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Joe; four brothers, Roy, Buford, Joe and Harry; and two sisters, Opal Mullins and Eva McDaniel; and three nephews, Donald, Gilbert and Timothy.
