Biography: Harry Turner Gilbert, JR., 100, died on Saturday, June 9, 2012, in Little Rock. He was born in Chicago on February 27, 1912, to the late Harry Turner and Beulah Ugland Gilbert. He grew up primarily in New Orleans and Grand Beach, Michigan, eventually settling in Potomac, Maryland, for much of his later life until moving to Little Rock in 2002. He was the widower of Dorothea Lawrence (2005), with whom he had one daughter, and Gilberte Frey (1948). Harry was a graduate of the Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and Princeton University ('35). He joined his father at Illinois Steel Corporation in Gary, Indiana, and Chicago until enlisting in the Army in 1941. He served in Field Artillery and Headquarters Third Army under General George Patton, landing on Omaha Beach on D-Day +18. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge, and was awarded the Legion of Merit and Bronze Star medals before retiring from active duty as a Lieutenant Colonel. Once back in the private sector, Harry founded an oil company in Santa Fe, then worked at Los Alamos Lab before moving to the Washington, D.C. area to begin his career with CIA in 1949. Foreign assignments took him to Cyprus during the Suez Crisis and Germany during the Cold War prior to retiring in 1969. He then volunteered for Common Cause and Recording for the Blind, and worked three more years in administration for Landon School in Bethesda, Maryland. He played competitive tennis, duplicate bridge, and platform paddle tennis -- winning the National 70's Men's Doubles Platform Tennis Championship at age 70. Harry also loved fly fishing, skiing, and chronicling his family life in photography. He and Thea shared passions for painting, cultivating their abundant gardens, and raising their beloved Bouvier dogs for over 30 years before moving to Bethesda, and ultimately Little Rock. Harry is survived by his daughter, Dr. Amy Gilbert Pollard (Hugh) of Little Rock, and was predeceased by his parents; sister, Lois Gilbert Campbell; and nephew, Frank Edward Healy, Jr. Deep appreciation goes to his physicians and devoted caregivers, who contributed greatly to his long full life. There will be a visitation on Monday, June 11, 2012, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ruebel Funeral Home, 6313 W. Markham St., Little Rock, (501)666-0123. Memorials may be made to the Arkansas Arts Center - Dorothea Lawrence Gilbert Fund for Art Enrichment and Outreach, the American Heart Association, or Alzheimer's Arkansas. Arrangements by Ruebel Funeral Home. www.ruebelfuneralhome.com.