Phyllis Brindle Gillam

Phyllis Brindle Gillam, 96, of North Fort Myers, Fla., formerly of Wilmington, passed away Tuesday morning, December 8, 2015 in Cape Coral, Fla. 
 
She was born June 8, 1919 in Wilmington, the daughter of the late Raymond Oscar & Lenna Mae (Pendell) Brindle.

Mrs. Gillam graduated from Reesville High School Class of '38, where she was active in the 4-H Club. She received a class scholarship to Wilmington College in 1938 and graduated in 1940 with a teacher's degree and then taught in Clinton County, Ohio and Wilmington, Ohio City Schools for 28.5 years, retiring in the spring of 1981. She was a member of the Tau Theta Ki Sorority and played in the Wilmington College Band. She attended the Wilmington United Methodist Church and was a member of the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church in North Fort Myers, Fla., where she was very active, being the church organist, pianist and in the church choir, vice president of the UMW Group, the calling committee and drove cars for Lincoln-Mercury with the church volunteers. During WWII, Phyllis lived in Victoria and Edna, Texas. In 1982, she moved to the Tamiami Village in North Fort Myers, where she was active in the hobby group and the Tamiami Village Association.
 
Surviving are her three daughters, Jonda Kay (Ken) Schapeler of Mount Vernon, Mo., Julie Ann McClish of Fort Myers, Fla. and Beverly June (Dennis) Holland of Clarksville; grandchildren, Jason (Cheryl) Beardsley of Gainesville, Fla., Joshua (Tiffany) Beardsley of Lakeland, Fla., Craig (Miranda) Holland of Clarksville and Carly (Chad) Caudy of White Bluff, Tenn.; great-grandchildren Jakob, Amarissa, Elizabeth, Lillian, Ashley, Tanner, Sarah and Katherine; and nephew Kevin Sieg of Naples, Fla.
 
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Gillam was preceded in death by a sister, Kathleen Sieg; brother-in-law, Robert Dean Sieg; and son-in-law, Billy McClish.
 
Memorial services will be held at a later date at Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, 2951 Trail Dairy Cir, North Fort Myers, Fla. 33917  with Rev Tom Willetts officiating. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12 at the Fisher-Edgington Funeral Home, 97 West Locust Street at North Mulberry Street, Wilmington, Ohio with Pastor Mike McCormick officiating. Interment will follow in the Sugar Grove Cemetery, Wilmington.
 
Friends will be received from 1-2 p.m. Saturday, Dec 12 at the Fisher-Edgington Funeral Home.
 
Contributions may be made to the Cancer Strategic Support Fund, The Ohio State University Foundation, 1480 West Lane Avenue, Columbus, OH 43221.  

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