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Samuel Ravenel Gaillard

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Samuel Ravenel Gaillard Veteran

Birth
Death
3 Nov 1999 (aged 83)
Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Summerville, Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA GPS-Latitude: 33.0141158, Longitude: -80.1883003
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Deceased Name: Lowcountry artist Samuel Gaillard
Post and Courier, The (Charleston, SC) - November 4, 1999: PC Section: B Page: 2

SUMMERVILLE - Samuel Ravenel Gaillard, 83, a Lowcountry artist, died Wednesday in a Charleston hospital. The funeral, directed by Parks Funeral Home, will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in St. Pauls Episcopal Church Cemetery.

Mr. Gaillard was born in Columbia, a son of Eugene M. Gaillard and Rosa May Steele Gaillard. He was a retired designer and colorist for Armstrong World Industries Inc. in Lancaster, Pa. He was the owner and operator of Gaillard Originals and his series of paintings called "Lowcountry Scenes," which chronicles life in pre-World War II South, has received international acclaim.

Mr. Gaillard studied at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and the Philadelphia Museum of Arts. He was a member of the Carolina Art Association, Summerville Artist Guild, S.C. Historical Society, Huguenot Society of South Carolina, The Preservation Society of Charleston and the South Carolinian Society of the University of South Carolina.

Surviving are four nieces, Gail Thornton and Georgia Meador, both of Summerville, Betty Kirkland of Beaufort and Barbara Colley of Clover; and three nephews, Adam Jacobs of Ravenel, Butch Gaillard of Cary, N.C., and James Gaillard of Raleigh.
Deceased Name: Lowcountry artist Samuel Gaillard
Post and Courier, The (Charleston, SC) - November 4, 1999: PC Section: B Page: 2

SUMMERVILLE - Samuel Ravenel Gaillard, 83, a Lowcountry artist, died Wednesday in a Charleston hospital. The funeral, directed by Parks Funeral Home, will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in St. Pauls Episcopal Church Cemetery.

Mr. Gaillard was born in Columbia, a son of Eugene M. Gaillard and Rosa May Steele Gaillard. He was a retired designer and colorist for Armstrong World Industries Inc. in Lancaster, Pa. He was the owner and operator of Gaillard Originals and his series of paintings called "Lowcountry Scenes," which chronicles life in pre-World War II South, has received international acclaim.

Mr. Gaillard studied at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and the Philadelphia Museum of Arts. He was a member of the Carolina Art Association, Summerville Artist Guild, S.C. Historical Society, Huguenot Society of South Carolina, The Preservation Society of Charleston and the South Carolinian Society of the University of South Carolina.

Surviving are four nieces, Gail Thornton and Georgia Meador, both of Summerville, Betty Kirkland of Beaufort and Barbara Colley of Clover; and three nephews, Adam Jacobs of Ravenel, Butch Gaillard of Cary, N.C., and James Gaillard of Raleigh.

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