Subject: Gammon.Velda.R.2004.Hopkins.OBIT

Funeral Is Held On Friday For Velda R. Gammon, 83

The funeral for Velda Ruth Riley Gammon, 83, of Madisonville 
was held Friday afternoon, Dec. 31, at Harris Funeral Home in 
Madisonville. Mr. Joe Leonard officiated. Burial was in Odd Fellows 
Cemetery at Clay. 

Mrs. Gammon died Monday, Dec. 27, at 10 a.m. at Britthaven of 
Bowling Green.  She was born Sept. 28, 1921, in Webster County, 
daughter of the late Guy and Viola Peck Riley .  

Mrs. Gammon, a homemaker and member of Woman’s Missionary Union, 
was a member of the First Baptist Church in Madisonville for many 
years where she taught the 7-year-old Sunday school class.  

She was also preceded in death by her husband Cledis A. Gammon, 
who died March 29, 1999.  

Surviving are a daughter, Ruth Ann Gammon, Bowling Green; a son, 
Edward  A. “Eddie” Gammon, Albuquerque, N.M.; a sister, Mazie Lee, 
Jeffersontown; two brothers, D. W. Riley and Homer Riley, 
Madisonville; a half sister, Ruby Hatley, Dawson Springs; four 
grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and several nieces and 
nephews.  

Memorial contributions may take the form of donations to Gideons 
International or Kentucky Baptist Homes for Children. Envelopes 
are available at the funeral home. 

The Dawson Springs Progress
Dawson Springs, KY 
6 Jan 2005

Submitted by Nancy Trice
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