Clair William Giles, Jr.

Clair William Giles, Jr., 81 of Gallipolis, passed away on Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at the Holzer Medical Center Emergency Room. He was born March 30, 1925 in Harrisonville, Ohio, son of the late Clair W. Giles, Sr. and Annie Laurie Hawk Giles. Clair married Thelma Hart and she survives him. Clair was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He was retired from National Gas, a former lineman for Ohio Power, and was a farmer. He raised Tennessee Walking Horses. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Springfield, Ohio, Pomeroy 40 & 8, Eli Dennison American Legion in Rutland, Progressive Coon Hunter Club of Pomeroy, Charolais Association, and Tamworth Swine Association. He loved to fish and went to Florida each winter for 10 years. He enjoyed giving the fish he caught to residents at Lake Deaton Park. Surviving are his wife of 57 years, Thelma Giles of Gallipolis; two sons, Cecil D. Giles of Albany, Ohio and Franklin Cheri Giles of Gallipolis; four grandchildren, Summer M. Atkinson of New Marshfield, Donald Giles of Wellston, Neil Giles of Athens, and Jennifer Giles of Gallipolis; three great grandchildren, Emma Giles of Athens, James and Dallas Atkinson of New Marshfield; one sister, Metta Rhoton of Dayton; and several nieces and nephews. Services will be 11 a.m., Saturday, March 31, 2007 at the Willis Funeral Home with Rev. Wayne Randolph Mott officiating. Burial will follow in Meigs Memory Gardens. Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday, March 30, 2007 from 6-8 p.m. Willis Funeral Home Gallipolis OH US Cemetery: 2007-03-31 Meigs Memory Gardens Meigs County OH US Visitation: 2007-03-30 18:00:00-20:00:00 Willis Funeral Home Gallipolis OH US Service: 2007-03-31 11:00:00 Willis Funeral Home Gallipolis OH US