Mary Gilliland
Posted: December 27, 2017
HAMILTON — Mary Nutreen “Nute” Gilliland, 85, died Dec. 22, 2017, at Sanctuary Hospice-Tupelo. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Tisdale-Lann Memorial Funeral Home in Aberdeen with James Towery, Ken Burleson and Scott Webster officiating. Burial will follow at 1:30 p.m. in Halltown Cemetery in Red Bay, Alabama. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Thursday at Tisdale-Lann Memorial Funeral Home. Mrs. Gilliland was born Aug. 22, 1932, to Fred David Vinson and Laura Elizabeth Nelson Vinson. She was a graduate of the University of Alabama. She was employed as a bookkeeper and was a member of Aberdeen Church of Christ. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Russel Gilliland; son, Vince Gilliland; brothers, Gene Vinson and Nelson Vinson; and one grandchild. She is survived by her daughter, Sara Christopher of Hamilton; son, Stanley Gilliland of Phil Campbell, Alabama; and two grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Bobby Nelson, Roger Nelson, Johnnie Weatherford, Danny Welch, Wayne Davis, Sterling Coleman, Marvin Cowart, Danny Holloway, Tim Carter, Ricky Vinson and Mark Gilliland. Memorials may be made to Pine Vale Children’s Home, 1872 County Road 700, Corinth, MS 38834.