Coretha Gillen

Posted on October 30, 2024

The service of remembrance for Coretha Gillen, age 102, of Ocala, will be held Saturday, Nov. 2, at 1 p.m., at the Burns Funeral Home in Perry. Interment will follow at Carlton Cemetery in Perry. The family will receive friends prior to the service, from noon to 1 p.m. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.HooperFuneralHome. com. Coretha was born Oct. 6, 1922, in Perry, the daughter of Philip Glenmore Stephens and Daisy (Williams) Stephens. She died Oct. 23, 2024, in Ocala. Coretha was a homemaker who loved taking care of her family. She also enjoyed fishing, gardening, sewing and square dancing. Mrs. Gillen was preceded in death by her parents; her daughter, Gale; and grandson, Max Clayton Jackson. She is survived by: five children, Rodney, Trudy, Clayton, Bruce and Roger; 13 grandchildren; 18 greatgrandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. Arrangements are under the direction of the Hooper Funeral Homes & Crematory.