Hawthorne - Jessie Lewis Gillins, Sr. retired cityof Gainesville sanitation worker and member of Galilee Missionary Baptist Church, Hawthorne, FL. He served on the usher board and sang in the senior choir. Survived by 3 sisters, Julia Mae Crapps, Hawthorne, FL, Anna Marie Gillins, Long Island, NY, Elnora Robinson, Tampa, FL; a brother, Cal Gillins (Lois), Tampa, FL; 4 daughters, Shirley Whitfield, Bradenton, FL, ��Gwendolyn Scott (Leo), Lowell, FL, Joyce Ann Autry (EarL), Johnson, FL, Laydene Manning, Gainesville, FL; 4 sons, Jessie Lewis Gillins, Jr., McDonough, GA, Clifford Cook, Hawthorne, FL, Terry Brown, Sarasota, FL, Lewis Gillins, Jr., Bradenton, FL; 2 step daughters, Lois Bennett Hill, ��Shirley Bennett Harris; and a host of grands, other relatives and friends.
Service:
1:00 p.m. Saturday, May 9, 2015
Galilee Missionary Baptist Church
21505 SE 65 Avenue
Hawthorne, FL
Rev. Carl L. Gadson, Pastor��
Visitation:
3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m
Friday, May 8, 2015��
Pinkney-Smith Funeral Home
21400 SE Hawthorne Road
Hawthorne, FL��
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