Passed peacefully away at the Dr. A. A. Wilkinson Memorial Hospital, Old Perlican on Friday, May 4, 2012, Annie Mae Gillingham of Lower Island Cove, age 85 years. Predeceased by sisters: Jane and Eleanor 'Dot'. Left to mourn, husband: Samuel; one daughter: Eleanor (Herbert) Parsons, Toronto, ON; three sons: Lloyd, Toronto, ON, Gary (Elizabeth), Oshawa, ON and Dennis (Sheri), Lower Island Cove; twelve grandchildren: Brenda, Loretta, Kevin, Gary, Bobby, Joshua, Courtney, Gemma, Shyann, Naomi, Christian and Abbey; one brother: Ambrose (Matilda) Thorne, Brownsdale; two sisters: Fannie Fagner, Interfaith Citizen’s Home, Carbonear and Gertie (Thomas) Gillingham, Lower Island Cove; brothers-in-law: Wilfred Riggs, Bay de Verde and Thomas (Gertie) Gillingham, Lower Island Cove; sister-in-law: Susan (Harold) Baggett, Toronto, ON; also a large number of other relatives and friends. Rested at the Salvation Army Citadel, Lower Island Cove. Major Donna and Capt. Weldon Hayward conducted the funeral service on Wednesday, May 9 from the Salvation Army Citadel, Lower Island Cove. Interment took place in the Salvation Army Cemetery, Lower Island Cove. Donations in her memory may be made to the Annie Mae Gillingham Memorial Fund. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to the care of Noel's Funeral Home, Western Bay. Please visit www.noelsfuneralhome.com to sign the memorial guest book.