Willie Gatlin

Sunrise: September 15, 1930     Sunset: February 2, 2020

BORN TO THE UNION OF MS.CORA AND WILL GATLIN, A BABY BOY  ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1930 IN MAGNOLIA, ARKANSAS WILLIE GATLIN.  WILLIE GREW UP IN MAGNOLIA AND ENTERED THE ARMY ON JUNE 1, 1952-54 DURING THE KOREAN WAR.  WILLIE CLIMBED THE MASONIC LODGE TO BE ELEVATED TO A 32ND DEGREE MASON BEFORE HIS DEMISE. 

HE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT BUT SUCCUMBED TO A PNEUMONIA VIRUS AT MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL ON FEBRUARY 2, 2020 HIS NINETIETH YEAR, WILLIE TRAVELED AND LIVED IN ST. LOUIS MISSOURI AND CALIFORNIA, THEN MOVED TO LAS VEGAS, NEVADA IN 1970 AND LIVED HERE UNTIL HIS HOME GOING. 

WILLIE ENJOYED PLAYING DOMINOES AND CARDS AND HIS FAVORITE CARD GAME WAS BID WHIST HE PLAYED ON SATURDAYS AT THE PEARSON CENTER.  WAITING TO MEET HIM IN GLORY HIS MOTHER AND FATHER. SISTERS AND BROTHERS. 

IF YOU HEAR ABOUT MY HOME GOING DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME. PLEASE REMEMBER GOD HAS SET ME FREE NO MORE PAIN, NO MORE SUFFERING, NO MORE WORRIES I AM FREE. 

HE JOINED THE BREAD OF LIFE MINISTRY AND MORNING INTERCESSORY PRAYER GROUP, HE WAS AFFECTIONATELY CALLED "DAD" BY MANY AND REMEMBERED FOR HIS PRAYER BEGINNING "HEAVENLY FATHER'