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
Obituary
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. |
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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