Dessie Amanda Headley

Alternate Names

     Her married name was Glanville.

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Dessie Amanda Headley was born on 19 May 1920 at Monroe, OH, USA.
     She married Carl Taylor Glanville, son of Carlen Taylor Glanville and Marion E. Johnson, in 1952 at the USA (when age calculated as 31 years.)
     She died on 16 June 2008 at Woodsfield, OH, USA, (when age calculated as 88); with obituary:
Glanville, Dessie Glanville nee Headley
Monroe County Beacon, Woodsfield, Ohio, dated, July 17, 2008
Dessie Headley Glanville escaped her mortality as death was swallowed up in victory June 16, 2008, at the home of her Anchor River homestead. She was born May 19, 1920, a daughter of the late Silas and Barbara Headley in Monroe, Ohio.
She attended Bethesda School of Nursing in Zanesville, where she became a registered nurse in 1945. After moving to Cordova as a Baptist missionary nurse, she met and married Carl Glanville in 1952.
Besides raising four children, Dessie worked as a staff nurse and as the director of nursing at the Homer Hospital. She later worked as a contract mail carrier in Anchor Point and as a gold miner at Cape Yakatage.
Surviving are her husband of 56 years, Carl Glanville; a daughter, Denise Glanville of Colorado Springs, Colo; two sons, Dwight (Diann) Glanville, John (Laurie) Glanville, all of Anchor Point; four grandsons, David Grant, Shane and Blake Glanville; and sister-in-law, Shirley Headley of Woodsfield.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Bruce Glanville; a brother, Homer; and two sisters, Jessie and Hazel.
She loved people and is remembered by many for her kind and loving spirit. The family wishes to express their heart-felt appreciation to all those who went the extra mile to brighten Dessie’s last years with encouragement and love.