Mrs. Gladis Mae Freeman was born March 25, 1937, to Tommy and Elmira Nelson Wallace in Lott, Texas. She attended school in Durango-Lott ISD. She was a member of Grant Chapel Baptist Church, Troy, TX. She was a housewife. She lived in Levelland, TX, and Benbook, TX. She was preceded in death by her parents, a daughter, Velma Carothers, a son, Charles Freeman, and a sister, Bertha Robinson.
Survivors are three sons, L.C. Freeman of Garland, Texas, and Robert Freeman and Freddie Freeman both of Temple; daughters, Margaret Melton, Doris Freeman, and Willie Mae Robinson all of Temple, Texas, and Gaylon Brown of Benbrook, Texas; brothers, Roy Wallace of Monahans, Texas, and Clyde Wallace of Albuquerque, New Mexico; sisters, Louise Cooper and Irene Lee both of Fort Worth, Texas;numerous grandchildren and great- grandchildren.