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Gilmer is a city in, and the county seat of, Upshur County, Texas, United States. [4] It is best known for being the home of the East Texas Yamboree and the birthplace of popular music singers Don Henley of the Eagles band and Johnny Mathis, as well as blues musician Freddie King. Its population was 4,843 at the 2020 census.
Sep. 10—Jimmy Gilmer, believed to be the most recorded vocalist at Norman Petty Studios, died Saturday a week short of his 84th birthday, studio officials said. Gilmer and The Fireballs recorded ...
Wilson was last seen at about 8:30 p.m. on January 5, 1992, as she was leaving her workplace to go to a nearby bank to deposit her paycheck, [6] but she never returned home. The next morning her stepfather found her car at her workplace, [ 7 ] and the tires had been slashed and were flat. [ 8 ]
A year after his death, Gilmer County, Virginia was named in his honor; [2] it is now part of West Virginia. The city of Gilmer, Texas, is also named for him. (Gilmer is the county seat of surrounding Upshur County, Texas, named after Abel Parker Upshur, (1790–1844), another victim of the USS Princeton explosion which had taken Gilmer's life.)
Gilmer was born in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, to Carol Yvonne Troyer and Thomas S. Gilmer, respectively a pharmacist and physician. She studied psychology and economics at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and in 2008 graduated from its law school with a Juris Doctor degree. She then moved to Texas and worked for various health care nonprofits ...
Every funeral procession is led by a civilian police escort, usually by the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department. [77] Next, the formal, ceremonial aspects of a procession are organized. A funeral procession uses a four-wheeled caisson to transport the flag-draped casket, which was originally intended to carry a 75 mm cannon when it was built in ...
The following are people born in or otherwise closely associated with the city of Gilmer, Texas. Pages in category "People from Gilmer, Texas" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
In addition, he was a visiting professor at Texas Tech University School of Law, Loyola University New Orleans School of Law, and his alma mater, South Texas College of Law where he received the Student Bar Association's Professor Excellence Award for 2004–2005 and 1999–2000. Judge Baird taught criminal law and procedure, criminal trial ...