Gladys Dodd Gillis Bevis

Gladys Dodd Gillis Bevis of Columbia, TN, formerly of Cypress Inn, TN, was born March 7, 1921 in Winston County, AL, the daughter of the late Alonzo and Jessie Pearl Oliver Dodd.

Mrs. Bevis was a homemaker and a member of the Collinwood Church of Christ in Collinwood, Tennessee and departed this life on Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at Signature Healthcare in Columbia, Tennessee at the age of 96 Years, 4 Months, 25 Days.

She is survived by sisters, Artie Pauline Hayes of Columbia, TN, Eunice Heard of Waterloo, AL; nine grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. Bevis was preceded in death by her husband, Wilburn Bevis; sons, George Lawton and William Lester Gillis; a daughter, Peggy Sue Smith; a brother, James E. Dodd; sisters, Etta Mae Teefteller, Sue Maxwell, Vivian Heard, Lawdell Price and Mauvoline Dodd.

Graveside services will be Saturday, August 5, 2017 at 1:00 PM at Memorial Gardens, Collinwood, Tennessee, with Travis Harmon officiating and Shackelford Funeral Directors, Wayne County, directing. Visitation will be Saturday, August 5, 2017 from 11 am until 12:45 pm at Shackelford Funeral Home, Collinwood, TN.