Karen Gillenwater Gordon

She was born Jan. 30, 1952, in Bristol, Virginia, to Wilfred and Minnie Lou Gillenwater. She was a graduate of Tennessee High School in Bristol and the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. She worked in property management for many years in Georgia and California.

She married Clifford Leroy Gordon II on Nov. 29, 1980, in Bristol, Virginia. He preceded her in death on April 20, 2019. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Kelso Gillenwater, of Gig Harbor, Washington.

She is survived by two sisters, Gloria Trotter and husband Wayne of Tecumseh, Oklahoma, and Lisa Wilson and husband Dolan of Marietta, GA; step-daughter Becky Silva of Pacifica, CA; step-son Cliff Gordon III of Carpinteria, CA; niece Chanda Gillenwater of Orlando, FL; and nephews Greg Trotter of Tecumseh, OK, Lee Gillenwater of Eagle Mountain, Utah, and J.D. Wilson of Savannah, GA.

Cremation arrangements were handled by Woodstock Funeral Home with services postponed until a later date.