- Date Of Birth: December 3, 1927
- Date Of Death: December 23, 2013
- State: Indiana
Ella Jean “Peggy” Day, 86, passed away Monday, December 23, 2013, at Good Samaritan Nursing Center, in Kissimmee, Florida following an extended illness. She was born December 3, 1927, in Morehead, Kentucky, the daughter of Russell and Mary Bell (Skaggs) Gilkison, moved to Muncie in the early 40’s, attended Muncie schools, and graduated from Muncie Central High School.
She owned and operated Peggy’s Beauty Shop for forty years prior to her retirement.
Surviving are her son, Robert Lee Beaty, (wife, Jenny Kay) Orlando, Florida; her step-son, Steve Day, Lynchburg, Virginia; a brother-in-law, Tex Basham; Wheeling, West Virginia; two sisters-in-law, Jeanne Pierceall (husband-Joe), Muncie, and Joyce Campbell, Moreland; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Doak Beaty and Russell Day; three brothers, Ottis Gilkison, Eugene Gilkison and Otto Gilkison; and two sister, Eula Story, and Leota Basham.
