Harry Gourley

Harry was born March 14, 1920 to Lewis O. Gourley and Annie Pearl LaFon Gourley in Polaris, Wyoming.

Harry loved his horses and he loved flying. He flew a B-17 during WWII for the United States Air Force. After the war he went to India on a government project to rid the country of locusts. In later years he worked for the Highway department, was a pilot for the Aggie’s Over Texas Parachute Club and owned a dry cleaning business. He enjoyed shooting coyotes from his plane and was a sheep herder and loved Wyoming.

Harry was preceded in death by his wife, Vera Gourley; daughter, Jane Pevehouse; brothers, Lewis Gourley, Lester Gourley, Jimmy Gourley; and sisters, Thelma Gourley and Dora Boles.

He is survived by son, Pete Gourley of Edge, Texas; daughters and sons-in-law, Linda Rogers Gill and Husband James, Cathy & Duane Spruill of Caldwell; Stefanie & G.W. Jancik of Caldwell; grandchildren, Danny McKinzie, Brad Lauderdale and wife Tanya, Brian Lauderdale and wife Jackie, Cameron McCoy and wife Kaylee, Blake McCoy, Madison McCoy, David Gourley, William Gourley, Elizabeth Morrow; great grandchildren, Cassidy Lauderdale, Mitchell Lauderdale, Lincoln Lauderdale, Owen Lauderdale, Liam McCoy; and numerous nieces, nephews, and other relatives.

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