Funeral services for Mrs. Wanda Jean Gillis, age 78, will be held at 10 a.m., Monday, Nov. 9, 2015 at the Bailey Funeral Home Chapel in Springhill with Bro. James Lowe officiating.
Interment will follow in State Line Cemetery in Taylor, Arkansas under the direction of Bailey Funeral Home.
Visitation will be held Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015 from 5 until 7 p.m.: at the funeral home.
Mrs. Gillis was born on May 25, 1937 to James Dennis and Dina Edith Blanton Merritt in Plain Dealing and passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015 in Shreveport. Mrs. Gillis was a lifelong resident of this area; was a member of Kings Corner Assembly of God and was a homemaker.
She is survived by her daughter, Tammy Lynn of Minden.
Mrs. Gillis was preceded in death by her husband of 42 years, Joseph “Joe” Lynn Gillis; her parents; brothers, Jimmy Allen Merritt and Lee Arthur Childs; sister, Mary Ruth Hamontree; daughter, Robbie Belt and grandson, Don Stanley Belt, Jr.
Pallbearers will be Mike Allsup and Marshall Martin.
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