Lawrence Kilgore

Lawrence Herman Kilgore, age 83 of Birmingham, Alabama, passed away November 5, 2017 at his home, after a long battle with lung cancer.

Services to be held on Wednesday, Nov 8, 2017

11:00 visitation 12:00 service

Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home and Gardens 1591 Gadsden Hwy, Birmingham, Alabama 35235

Lawrence was born in Birmingham, Alabama to Wallace and Laura Kilgore of Birmingham. He went to school at Shades Cahaba School and Shades Valley High School. After high school, he served in the U.S. Air Force. He graduated from Auburn University with a degree in Electrical Engineering. He married Martha Watkins on September 19, 1964 they were married 45 years until Martha's death in 2009. He was loved by everyone who knew him.

He was involved in several organizations, including the Mid Alabama Corvette Club, Friends of Union Hill Cemetery, and was a licensed HAM radio operator.

He was preceded in death by his beloved wife Martha, his siblings Marie Kilgore Simmons and James Kilgore, and his daughter Carolyn Kilgore.

Lawrence is survived by his daughter Laura Kilgore Barnett (Sam); daughter in law Denise Elliot; sister in law Mary Wilhite; nieces Penny Urbanek (Mike), Martha Hilley, Katherine Powell (Charles), and Ruthie Wilhite, and grand nieces and nephews Joe Abuhakmeh, Rachel Hilley, Isabella Powell, Alex Hilley, Caroline Urbanek, and David Powell.

Pallbearers will be Sam Barnett, Austin Barnett, Jimmy Jetton, Clifton Payne, Mike Urbanek, and Alex Hilley.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the following charitable organizations; The Julie Averett Phillips Dance Studio at Samford University (www.samford.edu/giving); Alabama Organ Center (www.alabamaorgancenter.org/); and Loving Touch Ministry at McElwain Baptist Church, serving shut-ins in our community with support and home visits. www.mcelwain.org.

The family wishes to express their profound gratitude to the many people who helped care for him in his illness, including Dr. Andrew Duxbury; Justin, William, and the staff at Comfort Care Hospice. Many thanks to Dad's cousins Nell Hunt, Gayden and Jane Latture, and Clif Payne, who visited and called and kept Dad in good spirits. It has been a long and arduous few months of hospice care and we are as relieved that he is no longer suffering as we are saddened by his loss in our lives.