Carl Wilburn Statham

Services for Carl Wilburn Statham, 75, of Gilmer, will be held on Sunday, May 26, 2013, at 3 P.M. at Croley Funeral Home Chapel in Gilmer with Pastor Blake Lander officiating. Burial will be held on Monday, May 27, 2013, at 2 P.M. at Mulhearn Memorial Park in Monroe, Louisiana. Born on June 5, 1937, in Shreveport, Louisiana, to Henry Lewis and Myrine Rozelle Statham, he died on Friday, May 24, 2013. He was a veteran of the United States National Guard. A retired assistant manager of a retail lumber company, he was a member of the Gilmer First Baptist Church. On August 31, 1956, in Monroe, Louisiana, he married Mary Cynthia Hart and together they shared 56 years. In addition to his wife, those left to cherish his memory are his son, Carl Duke Statham, two daughters, Diane Statham Allbritton and Denise Statham Buller; 6 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; and one brother, Roy B. Statham. Pallbearers will be his grandchildren"DeAngelo Eleam, Tyler Buller, Morgan Buller, Kati Buller, Jacob Allbritton, and Jere' Robinson. Honorary pallbearers will be Mark Rice, J.W. Snipes, Robert L. Wilhite, and Duane Channell. There will be a gathering of family and friends from 1:00 to 3:00 P.M. at Croley Funeral Home in Gilmer on Sunday, May 26, 2013.