W.M. (WILL) STEELMAN

Gilmer Mirror, February 1966
Submitted by: Lea Ann Tedford

Funeral services for W. M. (Will) Steelman, 67, will be at 3pm 
Friday at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Dewayne Turner and 
Rev. C. A. West officiating.

Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park with Croley Funeral Home 
in charge.

Mr. Steelman, a lifelong resident of Upshur County, died at 10:30 
am Thursday at a Gilmer Hospital after a brief illness.

He was a retired oil field worker and a veteran of World War I. He 
was a member of the Methodist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Grace Steelman; two sons, Huel Dean 
Steelman of Gilmer and Billy Gene Steelman of Gilmer; two daughrers, 
Mrs. Betty Lynn Preston of Longview and mrs. Patsy Glynn Swanner of 
Gilmer; two brothers, Pete Steelman of Rosewood and Hubert Steelman 
of Kelsey; four sisters, Mrs. Olie Davis of Dallas, mrs. Lois Evans, 
Mrs. Annie Brown and Miss Orene Steelman all of Oklahoma; and eight 
grandchildren.