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Kenneth W. Gatewood Jr
Aug 2, 1921 - Aug 31, 2011
Family Visitation-
5:00-6:00 PM Friday September 2 at Waldo Funeral Home
Funeral Mass- 9:00 AM Saturday September 3 at St. Mary's
Catholic Church
Burial- Cedarlawn Memorial Park
Map to Cedarlawn Memorial Park
Map to St Mary's Catholic
Church
Map to Waldo Funeral Home
Obituary
Kenneth W. Gatewood, Jr
Sherman- A Mass of Christian
Burial for Kenneth W. Gatewood, Jr. will be held at 9:00 AM
Saturday September 3 at St. Mary's Catholic Church. Rev.
Jeremy Myers will officiate. Burial will follow at Cedarlawn
Memorial Park. Mr. Gatewood, 90, passed away Wednesday
August 31 at Texas Health Presbyterian-WNJ.
Kenneth
was born August 2, 1921 in Amite, Louisiana to the late
Kenneth and Carrie (Necaise) Gatewood. He married Virginia
Gregory on July 3, 1946 in Lake Charles, LA. He and Virginia
had been married over 65 years when she passed away August
25, 2011. Mr. Gatewood was in the US Air Force for over 32
years, serving in World War II and Korea. After retiring
from the military, Mr. Gatewood worked at Fisher Controls
for twenty years. He was a longtime member of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars and St. Mary's Catholic Church.
Mr.
Gatewood is survived by one daughter, Marilyn Barnett and
her husband Dale of Denison; two sons, Michael Gatewood and
his wife Melissa of Los Angeles and Robert Gatewood and his
wife Pat of Sherman; nine grandchildren, Kenneth Gatewood,
April Gatewood, Joe Barnett, Lisa Munson, Brian Barnett,
Kenneth William Gatewood III, Sean-Maree Ray Gatewood, Jean
Ann Reynolds, and Michelle Alice Reynolds; seven great
grandchildren; and two sisters, Jeannie Haas of Kiln,
Mississippi and G.G. Falgout of New Orleans. He was preceded
in death by his parents; one son, Kenneth Gregory Gatewood;
and two sisters.
The family will receive friends from
5:00-7:00 PM Friday September 2 at Waldo Funeral Home. The
register book can be signed online at waldofuneralhome.com.
Memorials may be made to St. Mary's Catholic Church at 727
S. Travis Sherman, TX 75090.
Kenneth W. Gatewood, Jr
Sherman- A Mass of Christian Burial for Kenneth W. Gatewood,
Jr. will be held at 9:00 AM Saturday September 3 at St.
Mary's Catholic Church. Rev. Jeremy Myers will officiate.
Burial will follow at Cedarlawn Memorial Park. Mr. Gatewood,
90, passed away Wednesday August 31 at Texas Health
Presbyterian-WNJ.
Kenneth was born August 2, 1921 in
Amite, Louisiana to the late Kenneth and Carrie (Necaise)
Gatewood. He married Virginia Gregory on July 3, 1946 in
Lake Charles, LA. He and Virginia had been married over 65
years when she passed away August 25, 2011. Mr. Gatewood was
in the US Air Force for over 32 years, serving in World War
II and Korea. After retiring from the military, Mr. Gatewood
worked at Fisher Controls for twenty years. He was a
longtime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and St.
Mary's Catholic Church.
Mr. Gatewood is survived by one
daughter, Marilyn Barnett and her husband Dale of Denison;
two sons, Michael Gatewood and his wife Melissa of Los
Angeles and Robert Gatewood and his wife Pat of Sherman;
nine grandchildren, Kenneth Gatewood, April Gatewood, Joe
Barnett, Lisa Munson, Brian Barnett, Kenneth William
Gatewood III, Sean-Maree Ray Gatewood, Jean Ann Reynolds,
and Michelle Alice Reynolds; seven great grandchildren; and
two sisters, Jeannie Haas of Kiln, Mississippi and G.G.
Falgout of New Orleans. He was preceded in death by his
parents; one son, Kenneth Gregory Gatewood; and two sisters.
The family will receive friends from 5:00-7:00 PM
Friday September 2 at Waldo Funeral Home. The register book
can be signed online at
www.waldofuneralhome.com. Memorials may
be made to St. Mary's Catholic Church at 727 S. Travis
Sherman, TX 75090
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