MAYME GILLILAND

FORT WORTH -- Mayme Swihart Gilliland, 100, a beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and teacher, died peacefully Tuesday evening, Jan. 2, 2007.  Funeral: Services and burial will be held in Billings, Okla.  Memorials: In lieu of flowers, consideration of contributions in memory of Mayme to the Lena Pope Home or a charity of choice is suggested.  A native of Billings, Okla., Mayme was born July 20, 1906, the youngest of seven children to William E. and Mary Emma Thomas Swihart. She attended Columbia University in New York and received a degree in education from University Preparatory School in Tonkawa, Okla.  Mayme married Erwin F. Gilliland in 1933 in Wichita, Kan., and set up home in Seminole, Okla. In 1942, the Gillilands moved to Fort Worth, where they reared two children.  Known for her good nature and love of children, Mayme opened her home to the neighborhood children when her own children were growing up. She never learned to drive a car or ride a bicycle; instead she walked to her...