Biographies and Obituaries
In loving memory
Maude A. Drew
Washington Times Herald
Monday 15 Nov 1976
Mrs. Maude A. Drew, 79, 303 East Hefron St., died at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at the Washington Nursing Center after an illness of several months. A native of Otwell, she was born Nov 1, 1897 to james E. and Lillie Haskins) Gilley. On April 4, 1915 she married William H. Drew who died in 1965. Mrs. Drew was a member of Cemtral Christian Church and the Rebekah Lodge. She is survived by one son and five daughters, James F. Drew, Mrs. lillian Baumert, Mrs. Bernice Sturgeon, Mrs. Imogene Arthur, all of Washington; Mrs. Henrietta Carroll, Plainville; Mrs. Frieda Fleenor, San Jose, Calif.; 17 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Also surviving are a brother, Frank Gilley, Indianapolis; three half brothers, Stancil Giley, Houston, Tex., Curtis Gilley, Louisiana, Paul Bennett, Yazoo City, Miss., and two half sisters, Mrs. Katherine Hurley and Mrs. josephine Gist, both of Indianapolis. One brother and one grandson have died. Friends may call at the V.L. poindexter Funeral Home, where services will take place at 2 p.m. Tuesday. The Rev. Herbert Gilley will be assisted.
Her death record reads:
Maud A. Gilley Drew, Age 79, Death date: 13 Nov 1976 at the Washington
Nursing Center, Date Buried: 16 Nov 1976, Attending Physician: Robert
F. Fraser, D.O. Washington, Funeral Home: V.L. Poindexter, Cemetery:
Oak Grove, Cause of Death: Myocardial Infarction; Osteoporosis & Osteoarthritis
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