Margaret Katherine Stiller Gilmore

Mrs. Margaret Katherine Stiller Gilmore, 89, passed away Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at Tucker Hospice House in Kannapolis.

A funeral service is scheduled for 2:00 pm Friday, March 24, 2023, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Eddie Willis will officiate. Interment will follow at West Lawn Memorial Park in China Grove.

The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 1:45 pm Friday at Lady's Funeral Home.

Mrs. Gilmore was born July 4, 1933 in Lancaster, SC. She was a daughter of the late James Stiller and Leola Whitacker Stiller. She was a member of West Point Baptist Church. She enjoyed working with crafts of all kinds, watching tv shows, especially Murder, She Wrote and western shows. Margaret enjoyed chocolate. She worked as a CNA for the Department of Aging in Cabarrus County.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 40 years, Ray Bunion Gilmore; daughter, Roxie Crisco; step-son, Jack Gilmore; sister, Betty Barnette; brothers, Bill and Kenneth Stiller; grandchildren, Michelle Garmon and Billy Crisco; great grandson, Donald Jackson; and great-great grandchild, Elodie Davis.

Mrs. Gilmore is survived by three daughters, Amy Jackson and husband Harry, Barbara Crisco and Gloria Murph, all of Kannapolis; son, Melvin Banks, Jr. and wife Betty of Lauradale, MS; two step-sons, Ronnie Gilmore and wife Connie of China Grove and Mickey Gilmore and wife Lynn of Iron Station; two sisters, Mary Walker of China Grove and Judy Jones of NC; 27 grandchildren; 51 great grandchildren; 29 great-great grandchildren; and one great-great-great grandchild.

Memorials may be sent to Hospice & Palliative Care of Cabarrus County 5003 Hospice Lane, Kannapolis, NC 28081.