Roy F. Gilstrap (1907 - 1979)

Born 25 Sep 1907 in Ashford, Henry, Alabama, United States

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Died 24 Oct 1979 at age 72 in Geneva, Geneva, Alabama

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Biography

Roy Franklin Gilstrap, age 72 of 305 East Campbell Avenue, Geneva, died Wednesday morning, October 24, 1979, in Wiregrass Hospital in Geneva after long illness. Funeral services were held at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon from the Geneva First United Methodist Church with Rev. Joe Lisenby officiating. Burial was in the Sunset Memorial Gardens with Pittman Funeral Home of Geneva directing. The body remained at the funeral home and was taken to the church one hour before time for funeral services.

Mr. Gilstrap was a native of Ashford, and was employed with Cash Drug Company in Dothan for two years, before moving to Geneva in the year of 1926, when he opened the Gilstrap Drug Company.

He was an active civic leader in civic affairs in Geneva until the time of his death. He served on the Geneva Water Works board from its organization until the time of his death. He was a member of the Geneva Industrial Development Board.

Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Lessie V. Gilstrap of Geneva; one daughter, Mrs. Louise Lewis of Colorado Springs, Colorado; one son, Roy Gilstrap, Jr., of Geneva; 5 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

The family received friends at the funeral home Thursday night from 7 until 9 pm. Geneva Co. Reaper, 01 Nov 1979

Sources

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKQ5-WZ7 : accessed 20 March 2021), Ray Gilstrap in household of William F Gilstrap, Precinct 10, Houston, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 148, sheet 11A, family 172, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 16; FHL microfilm 1,374,029.

"United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXZR-2WW : 31 January 2021), Ray Gilstrafe in entry for William F Gilstrafe, 1920.

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3FVP-62M : accessed 20 March 2021), Roy S Gilstrap, Geneva, Geneva, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 14, sheet 9A, line 36, family 187, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 18; FHL microfilm 2,339,753.

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1GD-FLS : 5 January 2021), Ray F Gilstrap, Geneva, Geneva, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 31-18, sheet 6B, line 64, family 118, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 34.

"Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DW-W1FV : 19 February 2021), R F Gilstrap in entry for Ted C Sketo and Louise Gilstrap, 19 Apr 1951; citing Geneva, Marengo, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,892,823.

"Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1S-5PL7 : 19 February 2021), Roy Gilstrap in entry for Roy Gilstrap and Betty Shields, 13 Oct 1962; citing Montgomery, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,893,317.

"Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG13-MK9D : 19 February 2021), Roy Gilstrap in entry for Roy Gilstrap and Jolene Davis, 25 Sep 1978; citing Montgomery, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,893,695.

"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JY23-WY3 : 10 January 2021), Roy Gilstrap, Oct 1979; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKLD-FBFB : accessed 20 March 2021), Roy F Gilstrap in entry for Mildred Louise Lewis Nielsen Gilstrap, Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, 22 Nov 2009; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Gazette, The, born-digital text.

Acknowledgments

Gilstrap-375 was created by Justin Case through the import of Working Not Correct 1.ged on Jan 3, 2015.