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Gary W. Gresham

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[July 15, 2020]  ATLANTA - Gary W. Gresham, 71, of Atlanta, passed away at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, July 6, 2020 at his home.

Visitation: Thursday, July 9, 2020, at the Quiram Peasley Funeral Home in Atlanta from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.

Service: Friday, July 10. 2020, at 11:00 a.m. at the funeral home

Funeral home: Quiram Peasley Funeral Home, Atlanta

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Gary W. Gresham, 71, of Atlanta, passed away at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, July 6, 2020 at his home.

Funeral Services for Mr. Gresham will be held on Friday, July 10. 2020, at 11:00 a.m. at the Quiram Peasley Funeral Home in Atlanta. Pastor Mark Thompson will officiate. Burial will follow at the Atlanta Cemetery.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, July 9, 2020, at the funeral home from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Additional visitation time will be held on Friday from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the service.

Gary William Gresham was born Aug. 8, 1948, the son of William T. and Fern Harvey Gresham. He married Delores Stolt Speck on July 8, 2000, at Funks Grove. She survives.

Gary is also survived by three children: Matthew Gresham of Lincoln, Kelly Spaulding of McLean, and Jeffry Smith of IN; three step-children: Darrel (Tracy) Speck of Pekin, Dennis (Lannette) Speck of Mapleton, and Dale (Mary) Speck of Pekin; three grandchildren: Wyatt and Walker Spaulding, Tanner Schmid; and eight step-grandchildren: Dylan, Cameron, Connor, Skylar, Bailey, Barret, Avery, and Carson Speck.

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He was preceded in death by his parents, and one sister: Patty Timm.

Gary was a graduate of Atlanta High School and attended Lincoln Christian College. He volunteered at the Boys Club of Cooks Hill in Ark. Gary was a member of Faith Lutheran Church in Lincoln. He loved NASCAR and dogs and restoring old cars. He traveled to Arizona in the winter. He last worked at OTR in Bloomington.

Memorials may be made to Faith Lutheran Church of Lincoln or Ruby's Rescue of McLean.

Final arrangements are entrusted with Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home of Atlanta.


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