George Gillespie, 83, a prominent retired farmer of the Mills River community, died yesterday at the home of a son, Frank Gillespie, in the Mills River community.
A native and lifelong resident of Henderson county, he was the son of the late Harvey and Mary Orr Gillespie.
The funeral service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Sycamore Baptist church with the pastor, the Rev. John Rhymer officiating, assisted by the Rev. Corley R. Lineberger, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church. Interment will be in Gillespie cemetery with the following grandsons and nephews serving as pallbearers: Robert Gillespie, Bill Sitton, Joe Fields, Mack Gillespie, Frank Gillespie, and Clyde Fortner.
The body will be taken to the residence of Frank Gillespie today and remain until an hour preceding the service when it will be taken to the church to lie in state.
The Thomas Shepherd Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
In addition to Frank Gillespie, he is survived by another son, Ed of Mills river; a daughter, Mrs. Floyd Fortner of Burnsville; two sisters, Mrs. C. N. Allen of Dana and Mrs. W. M. Sitton of Mills River and 17 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
A native and lifelong resident of Henderson county, he was the son of the late Harvey and Mary Orr Gillespie.
The funeral service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Sycamore Baptist church with the pastor, the Rev. John Rhymer officiating, assisted by the Rev. Corley R. Lineberger, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church. Interment will be in Gillespie cemetery with the following grandsons and nephews serving as pallbearers: Robert Gillespie, Bill Sitton, Joe Fields, Mack Gillespie, Frank Gillespie, and Clyde Fortner.
The body will be taken to the residence of Frank Gillespie today and remain until an hour preceding the service when it will be taken to the church to lie in state.
The Thomas Shepherd Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
In addition to Frank Gillespie, he is survived by another son, Ed of Mills river; a daughter, Mrs. Floyd Fortner of Burnsville; two sisters, Mrs. C. N. Allen of Dana and Mrs. W. M. Sitton of Mills River and 17 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
George Gillespie, 83, a prominent retired farmer of the Mills River community, died yesterday at the home of a son, Frank Gillespie, in the Mills River community.
A native and lifelong resident of Henderson county, he was the son of the late Harvey and Mary Orr Gillespie.
The funeral service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Sycamore Baptist church with the pastor, the Rev. John Rhymer officiating, assisted by the Rev. Corley R. Lineberger, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church. Interment will be in Gillespie cemetery with the following grandsons and nephews serving as pallbearers: Robert Gillespie, Bill Sitton, Joe Fields, Mack Gillespie, Frank Gillespie, and Clyde Fortner.
The body will be taken to the residence of Frank Gillespie today and remain until an hour preceding the service when it will be taken to the church to lie in state.
The Thomas Shepherd Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
In addition to Frank Gillespie, he is survived by another son, Ed of Mills river; a daughter, Mrs. Floyd Fortner of Burnsville; two sisters, Mrs. C. N. Allen of Dana and Mrs. W. M. Sitton of Mills River and 17 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
A native and lifelong resident of Henderson county, he was the son of the late Harvey and Mary Orr Gillespie.
The funeral service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Sycamore Baptist church with the pastor, the Rev. John Rhymer officiating, assisted by the Rev. Corley R. Lineberger, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church. Interment will be in Gillespie cemetery with the following grandsons and nephews serving as pallbearers: Robert Gillespie, Bill Sitton, Joe Fields, Mack Gillespie, Frank Gillespie, and Clyde Fortner.
The body will be taken to the residence of Frank Gillespie today and remain until an hour preceding the service when it will be taken to the church to lie in state.
The Thomas Shepherd Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
In addition to Frank Gillespie, he is survived by another son, Ed of Mills river; a daughter, Mrs. Floyd Fortner of Burnsville; two sisters, Mrs. C. N. Allen of Dana and Mrs. W. M. Sitton of Mills River and 17 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
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Son of Harvey Newton and Mary Emily Orr Gillespie. Husband of Cora Luella Sitton Gillespie
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