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GILMORE, DONALD, 68
WESTCHESTER TODAY (NY) (WWW)
WebExcite.com (CA) via World Wide Web
12/11/2001
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Monday, December 10th, 2001 - GILMORE, DONALD - Reverend Donald Gilmore, 68,
of Kansas City, MO, crossed over from this life into eternity Monday, December
3, 2001, at St Luke's Hospital. Reverend Gilmore was born on March 11, 1933, in
White Plains, NY. After graduating from White Plains High School in 1951. He enlisted
in the U.S. Army. While in the Army, he rose to the rank of Master Sergeant, and
retired in 1971.
After his retirement from the Army, He answered God's call and entered the
ministry. He earned his BA from Southern Methodist University, in 1975. He also
earned his Masters in Theology from the Perkins School of Theology, at Southern
Methodist University, in 1980. Prior to moving to Kansas City, Reverend Gilmore
served in Pine Bush, NY, White Plains, NY, Dallas, TX, and Abilene, TX. He is
the former Director of Spiritual Formation and Counseling at reStart, Inc., Kansas
City, MO.
Reverend Gilmore served, at one time or another, in the following positions:
Board of Curators, Central Methodist College, Fayette, MO. Member, Mission Council,
South Central Jurisdiction, The United Methodist Church; Member Committee on Ordained
Ministry, Heartland Central District; CO-chair Governor's Task Force on HIV/AIDS
in the African-American Community, Chair, Black Church Week of Prayer for the
Healing of AIDS of Greater Kansas City; Board of Directors, AIDS Service Foundation,
Kansas City, MO, Chair, Heartland AIDS Resource Council, Inc., Kansas City, MO;
Chair, HIV/AIDS Care Statewide Advisory Committee, Jefferson City, MO; Chair,
Human Rights Commission, Orange County, NY; Member of the White plains Library
Board; and White Plains Board of Education, White Plains, NY.
Reverend Gilmore was a member of Bright Hope Lodge #6F & AM, White Plains,
NY. Throughout his life, He received numerous awards. The following awards highlighted
his life: 1996 Marian Kreamer Ribbon of Hope Honoree; The Award of Merit El Paso
County. El Paso, TX; B'nai B'rith in the field of Social Ethics, Dallas, TX; and
B'nai B'rith United Mid-Westchester Humanitarian Award, White Plains, NY.
Reverend Gilmore was preceded in death by his father, DeWitt, his mother Margaret
Ellen (Futch), a son William Douglas, and a daughter Denise. Those of us, left
on this side, who will miss him terribly are his sons; Reverend David A. Gilmore
and his wife Kimiko of Kansas City, MO, Donald Gilmore, II of Pelham, NY, Tryone
Mayo of Newburg, NY, and Carl Mayo of Peekskill, NY; two sisters, D. Muriel Thomas,
White Plains, NY, and Grace Orr and her husband Raifford of White Plains, NY;
two brothers, DeWitt Gilmore of Bronx, NY and Raymond Gilmore of Hollywood, CA.;
four grandchildren, Kenneth Ray and Latesha Ellen of Jacksonville, FL, Ebony of
White Plains, NY. Lauryn Desiree of Kansas City, MO; a special friend Stanley
Wallace and a host of cousins, nieces, nephews, and extended family too numerous
to mention. Visitation will be Wednesday, December 12, 2001, from 11:00 AM to
12:00 Noon at Trinity United Methodist Church, 130 South Lexington Avenue, White
Plains, NY.
The Memorial Service will commence at 12: Noon, with the Reverend Nathaniel
T. Grady, Sr. Officiating. The Interment will take place at White Plains Rural
Cemetery in White Plains, NY. Memorial contributions may be made in lieu of flowers,
to the Saint James United Methodist Church Covenant to Care Ministry.
Copyright 2001 The Journal News, a Gannett Co. Inc. newspaper.
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