Greenbrier County Obituaries
Greenbrier County Obituaries
James Gerald Gillespie
James Gerald Gillespie, 55, of near Lewisburg, was found dead on the Nash Farm at Wolf Creek Thursday afternoon, Feb. 4, 1960, where he had succumbed to a heart attack at about 5 o'clock. He was born at White Sulphur Springs May 16, 1904, a son of the late Glenn Gerald and Mrs. Nancy Fleshman Gillespie, and was a member of the Carroll Hill Methodist Church, where services were held Sunday afternoon, conductd by the Rev. Esker Groves. Burial followed in Carroll Hill cemetery. Survivging are his widow, Mrs. Mary Smith Gillespie; six sons, Raymond E., stationed with the Army in Germany, Glenn Gerald, Gordon and Clifton Gillespie, all of Lewisburg, Lawrence Gillespie of Alexandria, Va., and Kenneth, at home; four daughters, Mrs. Leta Ebert of Watertown, Wis., Dorothy, Nancy and Karen, all at home; a brother, Glenn J. Gillespie of Baltimore, Md.; eight sisters, Mrs. Coe Gregory of Allentown, Pa., Mrs. Elva Hurd of Lewisburg, Mrs. Laura Henning of Covington, Va., Mrs. Catherine Cunningham of Philadelphia, Pa., Mrs. Faye Davis of Charlottesville, Va., Mrs. Zenda Chapman and Mrs. Mattie Burton and Mrs. Mae Craddick, all of Baltimore, Md.
Pallbearers were Clark Nash, David and William Anderson, Bill Williams, Ernest Feamster, and Howard Field.
CARD OF THANKS
To our many friends and neighbors we wish to gratefully acknowledge your expressions of sympathy and to thank each of you that brought food, flowers and sent cards at the death of our dear husband, father and brother, Gerald Gillespie. Especially do we thank the Rev. Esker Groves, Lobban Funeral Home, and the churches and the Alderson Schools, also those who furnished cars. May God's richest blessings be with you each and everyone.
His Wife, Children, Sisters and Brothers.
Mary Jane Smith Gillespie
Mrs. Mary Jane Smith Gillespie, 58, of Caldwell, died Wednesday, Jan. 19, 1972, at Emmett Memorial Hospital in Clifton Forge, VA., following an extended illness. Born June 27, 1913, at Hillsboro, she was a daughter of the late George and Etta Curry Smith.
She was an employee of the Greenbrier Hotel in White Sulphur Springs. and a member of the Carroll Hill United Methodist Church.
She was preceeded in death in 1960 by her husband, James Gerald Gillespie. Survivors include: four daughters, Mrs. Leta Ebert of Watertown, Wis., Mrs. Dorothy Estep of Asbury, Miss Nancy Gillespie of Caldwell, and Mrs. Karen Smith of Caneyville, Ky.; six sons, Raymond with the U. S. Army in Long Island, N.Y., Glen of Summersville, Lawrence of Alexandria, Va., Gordon and Clifton of Caldwell, Kenneth with the U. S. Navy in San Francisco, Calif, one sister, Mrs. Eula Rose of Hillsboro; three brothers, Lee Smith of Leonard, Lloyd Smith of Clarksburg and Tommy Smith of Baltimore, Md.; 13 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Carroll Hill United Methodist Church with the Rev. R. P. Quesenberry officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Walter Clark, Julian Holliday, Ivan Estep, Ronald Hill, Walter Martin Baker, Roy Kincaid Jr. and Arthur Erskine. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Friday at the Jack K. Wallace Funeral Home in Lewisburg. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday.
[The West Virginia News (Ronceverte, WV) 20 Jan 1972 - Submitted by Cathy Schultz]
Allen Judy
Mr. Allen Judy died March 8, 1909, of the grippe, at his home near Cornstalk, Greenbrier county, aged 83 years. He was a member of the Baptist Church. His wife, who was Miss Deitz, and six sons survive him. ["Monroe Watchman", 18 Mar 1909 - Submitted by K. Torp]
Mary Judy
Mrs. Mary Judy, widow of the late Jacob Judy, died on Wednesday night, March 10, 1909 at the home of Mr. B.F. Fulwider at Caldwell, Greenbrier county. ["Monroe Watchman", 18 Mar 1909 - Submitted by K. Torp]
Blanche Sydenstricker
Mrs. Blanche Clark Sydenstricker, widow of Thomas A. Sydenstricker, died at her home in Lewisburg on Tuesday, April 11, 1944. The immediate cause of her death was a heart attack. Had she lived until August 11, next, she would have entered her 79th year.
She was born and reared near Hillsboro, Pocahontas county, and was a daughter of the late Alvin and Mary Agnes Beard Clark. She was educated at the Hillsboro Academy and the old L. F. I., now Greenbrier college in Lewisburg. On August 12, 1891, she was united in marriage to Thomas A. Sydenstricker, of Greenbrier county. They lived at her old home in Pocahontas county, until twenty-five years ago, when they moved to Lewisburg. Her husband died in 1932. She is survived by two daughters - Ann, wife of George E. Fuller, who lives in Washington, D. C., and Polly, wife of Claude E. McLaughlin, of Lewisburg, - and one grandson, George E. Fuller, Jr., who is a dentist and is connected with the U. S. Army medical corps in St. Louis, Mo. Also, she is survived by her sister, Mrs. Andrew Price, of Marlinton.
Funeral services were held at her home on Thursday afternoon, conducted by her pastor, Rev. Lloyd McF. Courtney, and burial was beside the grave of her husband in Rosewood cemetery.
Mrs. Sydenstricker had been a lifelong member of the Presbyterian church, and was a kindly hospitable, home-loving woman.
----- Greenbrier Independent.
