Sharon Gilleylen-Poston
Posted: May 23, 2018
WEST POINT — Sharon Darcel Gilleylen-Poston, 63, died May 18, 2018, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Rose of Sharon Church of God in Christ in Amory with Jessie L. Hutton officiating. Burial will follow in Masonic Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. Thursday at St. James United Methodist Church in Amory. Carter’s Mortuary Services in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Gilleylen-Poston was born Nov. 28, 1954, in Amory, to the late James A. Gilleylen and Robbie Nelson Gilleylen. She was formerly employed as an educator with Amory School District. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her grandchild. She is survived by her husband, Henry L. Poston of West Point; son, Basil S. Twyner, III of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; daughter, Tasha Twyner of Amory; brothers, James E. Gilleylen and Ronald Gilleylen, both of Dallas, Texas; sisters, Emily McMillan and Jacqueline Gilleylen, both of Atlanta and Williette White of Okolona; and three grandchildren.