Inez Gilkey was born in the Piney Grove Community in Hardin County, Tennessee on November 5, 1942 to Burgess F. McCasland and Gilberta Beth Phillips McCasland. She graduated from Central High School in Savannah, Tennessee in 1960 and then attended West Tennessee Business College. She married Robert (Bob) Kent Gilkey on February 16, 1962 and they had three children.
Inez held jobs as bookkeeper for Grady Qualls Amoco, Savannah Broadcasting and she was a receptionist for the local cable office. She retired from the Hardin County Election Commission as Deputy Election Administrator in 2005. In her past, she as a member of the Savannah Jaycettes and held the position as President.
Inez was an avid UT football fan and traveled to many games with friends and family by car, boat, train and plane. She loved her family and friends and cherished every moment spent with them.
Inez was a member of First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Savannah, Tennessee.
She is survived by her husband of 52 years, Robert (Bob) Gilkey; her mother, Gilberta Phillips McCasland of Savannah, Tennessee; son Robert Kent Gilkey, Jr. (Anitra) of Selmer, Tennessee; daughters, Dana (Rich) Spindler and Shannon (Buddy) Shaw, both of Savannah, Tennessee; sister, Sheryl Wolfe, Lebanon, Tennessee; brother, Kerry (Pam) McCasland of Crump, Tennessee; five grandchildren, Will (Ashley) Shaw, Jacob Shaw, Jessica Stoughton, Megan Stoughton and Austin Spindler; and two great-granddaughters, Aaliyah Bumphus and Lorelei Shaw.
She was preceded in death by her father, Burgess F. McCasland.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be given in her memory to the Darryl Worley Cancer Treatment Center, 935 Wayne Road, Savannah, Tennessee 38372.
