Sending this copy to the list so it will be archived -- Daily Courier, Conroe, Montgomery Co., TX Dec 13, 1972 Obituary W.E. Gilliland Funeral services for William E. Gilliland, 88, of Conroe, will be held Thursday, Dec 14, at 11 am in Metcalf Chapel of the Pines, with Mr. Peter Vanderhoef officiating. Interment will be in Garden Park Cemetery with Metcalf Funeral Directors in charge of arrangements. Gilliland was born in La Plata, MO on May 11, 1884 and died in Houston on Dec 12, 1972. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lessel C. Gilliland of Conroe; one son, William E. Gilliland Jr. of Houston; and two grandchildren, Frances Ann and Mary Lynn Gilliland, both of Houston. Pallbearers will be Dan Madeley, W.B. Weisinger, S.C. Robertson, Seth Dorbandt, B.D. Griffin and W.E. Huston. Honorary pallbearers will be Dan Heaton and Winton Kuykendall.