SALISBURY - Gladys Elliott Layfield died on her birthday, surrounded by her family, on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017. Born in Columbia, Del., she was the daughter of the late John Emery Elliott and Catherine Lucinda Mitchell Elliott. She served in the U.S. Army Infantry Medical Corp during World War II. After her military service, she moved back to Salisbury, where she met and married her husband, Handy Layfield. She worked until age of 92 for the Super Fresh grocery store bakery department, where she still would have been working if the store hadn't closed. She was a member of the Church of God of Prophecy in Delmar. In addition to her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by her brothers, Howard and Elton Elliott; sisters, Beatrice Lane, Ann Carter, Mildred Hughes, Elsie Davis and Edna Crockett. She is survived by her three daughters, Kathy Layfield, of Bethel, Crystal L. Clayland, of Ocean City and Patty Cook, of Salisbury; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. A funeral service was held Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, at Holloway Funeral Home in Salisbury. Burial with military honors will be in Spring Hill Memory Gardens.