Tijuana "Tia" "Wannie" Gilmore age 79 of Spring City, Tennessee died Saturday, November 19, 2022 at Spring City Care and Rehabilitation.

She was born on March 8, 1943 in Ruston, Louisiana and has been living in this area since 2002. Tijuana graduated in class of 19 61 at Killeen Texas High School. She then later attended Stephen F. Foster State College in Nacogdoches, Texas. Tijuana worked for the State of Tennessee Department of Child Services. She was also a member of the Red Hat Society. Tijuana loved quilting, scrapbooking, and canning. She was very conscience of other people and their needs. Tijuana was a member of Spring City United Methodist Church.

Tijuana is preceded in death by her parents Edgar and Alcibee Butler Davis, and her step brother Ronnie Tharpe.

Survivors include her husband of 62 years Gary Gilmore of Spring City, Tennessee; children Angela Moffett of Spring City and P hillips (Kim) Gilmore of Dunlap ; sister Barbara Hutto of Damascus, Arkansas; grandchildren Christopher Gilmore, Jacob, Josh, and Jeremy Moffett; and great grandchildren Blakely, Isla, Anniston, and Millie Moffett.

A C elebration of L ife service will be held on Sunday, December 4, 2022 at 3:00 P . M . at Spring City United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends from 2:00 P . M . to 3:00 P . M . before the service s .

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association at https://act.alz.org/don ate or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital at https://stj ude.org/donate .

Vaughn Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements of Tijuana "Tia" " Wannie " Gilmore and asks that friends share condolences and memories of her with the family on our website www.vaughn-funeral-home.com .