Russell E Gilmore

  General Notes:

Russell Gilmore and Frances (Fran) lived in Sweet Springs MO. Russell sold insurance and Fran was a teacher in Sweetsprings and Sedalia Mo.

  Research Notes:

Russell E.
Gilmore
1931-2007
S W E E T S P R I N G S
Russell E. Gilmore, 75, of
rural Sweet Springs, died Friday,
March 23, 2007, at Boone
Hospital Center in Columbia.
He was born Aug. 18,
1931, in Sweet Springs, a son
of George Edgar and Myrtle
Forest White Gilmore.
Mr. Gilmore lived in the
Sweet Springs area most of
his life and was a member of
Wesley United Methodist
Church.
He was a graduate of
Sweet Springs High School.
He was a 1953 graduate of
Missouri Valley College in
Marshall and attended Central
Missouri State University.
He was a school teacher
and coach for six years in
Sedalia Public Schools and a
State Farm agent in Sedalia
for two years.
He was a district manager
in Overland Park, Kan., for 10
years, and was owner/operator
of G & G Auto Sales.
He was a professional
baseball player for six years
with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
He was named into the
Missouri Valley College Athletic
Hall of Fame in 1996.
Surviving are two daughters,
Tammie Joe Frazer, of
Garden City, Kan., and
Melanie J. Martin, of Sweet
Springs; two sons, Russell E.
Gilmore Jr. and Michael L.
Gilmore, both of Sweet
Springs; a sister, Bernice
Meyer, of Higginsville; a
brother, James E. Gilmore, of
Overland Park; and several
grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.
Funeral services will be at
1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Campbell-
Lewis Chapel in Sweet
Springs.
Burial will be in Fairview
Cemetery in Sweet Springs.
Friends may call after 4
p.m. Monday at the funeral
home, where the family will
receive friends from 6:30 to 8
p.m. Monday.
Online condolences may
be sent to www.campbell
lewis.com
The family suggests
memorial contributions to St.
Jude's Children's Hospital.

Russell married Francis Jean Burford, daughter of Arthur Burford and Lottie Gentry.