Mrs. Leona May Ross Gilliland

September 5, 1929 - May 12, 2018

Funeral services for Mrs. Leona May Ross Gilliland, 88, of Crockett, formerly of Henderson, will be at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at Crawford - A. Crim Funeral Home chapel with Pastor Chris Branham officiating. Interment will follow at Pleasant Hill Cemetery under the direction of Crawford - A. Crim Funeral Home of Henderson. Family will receive friends on Wednesday, May 16 one hour before the service. Mrs. Gilliland passed away Saturday, May 12, 2018 in Kilgore. She was born September 5, 1929 in Crockett, Texas to the late Miller and Nora Swift Wolf. She was a homemaker and was a member of the Church of the Nazarene. Mrs. Gilliland was preceded in death by: parents, Miller and Nora Swift Wolf; husbands, Delmer Oranzy Ross, Robert "Bob" Gilliland; two children, Shirley Ann Groot, Lanida Carol Meshell Kapsos; five brothers; and two sisters. She was survived by: children, Bobby Ray Ross and wife Nancy of Sharpsburg, Georgia, Katherine Ross Robinson of Longview, Evelyn Branham and husband Lynn of Bertram, Texas; thirteen grandchildren; twenty-two great-grandchildren, and five great-great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Michael Groot, Robert Mack Brown, Bobby Raymond Ross, Jeff Hackney, Keith Abke, and Vance Hackney. David Reed will serve as honorary pallbearer. Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.crawfordacrim.com.