Obituary

Funeral services for Carol Davis Gilham, age 78, of Roanoke, will be held on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, at 2:00 PM at Rock Mills Methodist Church with Bro. Mike Brewer and Marcie McCarley officiating.  Burial will follow at Rock Mills Cemetery. Quattlebaum Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

The family will receive friends at the funeral from 5:00-7:00 pm on Tuesday, April 29th.

Mrs. Gilham passed away on Sunday, April 27, 2025, at West Georgia Hospice.

Survivors include: her children, Robby Gilham (Delaine) of Five Points, Dawn Jackson (Randy) of Tuscaloosa, and Kim Prescott (Darren) of Roanoke; nine grandchildren, Craig (Diana), Ryan, Heather, Hannah, Sertira, Courtney, Trae, Blake (Angela) and Brittany (Raymond); fourteen great-grandchildren;  special sisters, Sherry Towler (Keith) and Marcie McCarley (Tracy) both of Rock Mills; and special friend, Bernard Bledsoe of LaGrange.

Pallbearers will be Robby Gilham, Trae Gilham, Conner Fisher, Randy Jackson, Raymond Spradlin, and Blake Prescott.

Mrs. Gilham was born on April 22, 1947, the daughter of Thomas Edward and Ruby Turner Davis.  She was a member of Rock Mills Methodist Church and had been employed as a planner for Milliken.  Mrs. Gilham was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Jimmy Gilham; sister, Gloria Burks; and brother, Ted Davis.

Memorials may be floral or the family requests donations to the Alzheimer’s Association (PO Box 96011, Washington, DC 20090-6011) or American Cancer Society (PO Box 6704, Hagerstown, MD 21741).