Terry R. Gilmore

Funeral services for Terry R. Gilmore, 74, of West Monroe, will be held at 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, February 12, 2020, in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe, with Bro. Dennis Hensley officiating. Interment will follow in the Northeast Louisiana Veterans Cemetery in Rayville, LA, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe.

Terry R. Gilmore, son of Jesse and Floy Gilmore was born in Monroe, Louisiana, on December 5, 1945 and passed away February 8, 2020 at his home in West Monroe surrounded by his loved ones. He attended school at Ouachita High School. Terry served briefly in United States Navy, where he received an honorable discharge, and went on to receive training as an Electrician/AC Technician. He operated many businesses in his lifetime, more notably the Caney Lake Spillway Marina for twenty plus years. Terry also successfully ran his own A/C company, Terry’s Mobile Home Service and Air, where he eventually passed down his learnings to his grandson Brad, whom is following in his grandfathers’ footsteps.

Terry attended Bethel Baptist Church and could often be found cooking for church functions and serving the community any way he could be of help. Known as the “Go to Man”, Terry could always be found helping anyone in need. If you needed a certain tool, there was a good chance he had it hid in his truck! You only had to dig around for it! He was an avid fisherman and hunter, loving to spend most of his time outdoors. Most weekends you could find him at his camp on Caney Lake or at his hunting camp, South Prong Hunting Club, that he helped found, along with his buddies. He loved hosting cookouts at the camp on the lake and gathered there with is family and friends most holidays, especially The Fourth of July, where he took many a kid tubing out on the lake with his party barge. During racing season, you could bet you would find him at the Chatham Speedway enjoying the races with his friends.

Terry loved spending time with his family and loved ones and took many family vacations with them. More recently taking a trip to Ruidoso, New Mexico with his two daughters, Tonya and Tammy, and a wedding/ family vacation in Branson, Missouri. He lived life to the fullest and always had a story or joke to tell. He will be greatly missed.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Jesse and Floy Gilmore, and first wife, Evelyn Gilmore.

Those left to cherish his memories are his wife of twenty-four years, Linda Charlotte Gilmore; daughters, Tonya Humphrey and husband, Barry, Tammy Gates and husband, Randy, Lori Wade and husband Kerry; son, John Thomas Kirksey, Jr, and wife Violet: mother in law, Mildred Henderson; grandchildren; Brad and wife Emily, Ashley, Bridgette and husband Devin, Gerald Allen, Billy and wife Nikki, Amber, Samantha, Randa, Paige, Cassie, Austin, Gabe, Kyle, Charla and husband Jacob, Amber and husband Dominic, and Carliegh; great grandchildren, Ellie, and Jordan, and future great-granddaughter, Aislynn, and numerous family, friends, and loved ones. Also left to miss him are his five fur babies, Jack, Baby Girl, Little Girl, Preciouse and Nitro.

Pallbearers will be Charles McKinley, Paul Mills, Nick Stelly, Brandon Blaylock, Chris Hendricks, Calvin Woodall, Glenn Green, Chris Wishman, and Brad Shell.

Honorary pallbearers are Billy Joe Porter, Kerry Wade,Don Price, Larry Walker, and Austin Leeper.

Visitation will be held from 5:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M., Tuesday, February 11, 2020, at Mulhearn Funeral Home in West Monroe.

Online Registry/Condolence: www.mulhearn.com