Marcus Lee “Mike” Gilmore, Jr., age 78 of Vanleer TN, passed away on October 28, 2025.

He was born on December 3, 1946, in Vanleer, TN to the late Marcus Lee Gilmore, Sr. and Bessie Alma Wilson Gilmore.

Mike was known as “Daddy” and “Big Daddy”. Those who knew him, knew what a strong man that he was. He was a proud cancer survivor. He worked as an Iron worker his whole life in the Local 492. He enjoyed gardening, working with mules, coon hunting, fishing, and farming. He would always freeze and can food from the crops that he raised, and he made his own sausage. He will always be remembered as a man that cared about others, loved helping people that were in need and how he loved his family immensely. In his down time, he enjoyed watching the TN Titans play football.

He was preceded in d

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