Canolia "Candy" Cooper Gillis

Aug. 24, 1939-July 26, 2019

Funeral services for Canolia (Candy) Gillis will be held on Sunday, July 28 at 6 P.M. in he Williams Chapel of Sammons Funeral Home in Soperton Georgia with Richard Jacobs officiating. Interment will follow in Red Bluff Cemetery in Soperton Ga. The family will great friends, on Sunday,1 hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

Candy was the daughter of the late Effie Mae Hutchinson and the late Cannon Cooper. She was married to the late Eschol Gillis, and survived by 2 daughters: Theresa (the late Charles) Crowley and Cheryl (Steven) Schmidt; 7 grandchildren: Jennifer Crowley, Chuck (Amy) Crowley, Tyler (Cassidy) Crowley, Jessica (Blaine) Arnold, Lauren (Josh) Cain, Daniel (Allison) Lyautey and Brian (Amanda) Schmidt and 14 great grandchildren.

Candy was raised in Soperton Ga, but lived in Macon since 1960. She worked at the Naval Ordinance Plant and Warner Robins AFB for 45 years.

In lieu of flowers contributions in her honor may be made to Scottish Rite Hospital at Children's Hospital in Atlanta (https://give.choa.org/) or Neonatal ICU of Columbus GA (https://www.piedmont.org/locations/piedmont-columbus/foundation-columbus/home).