Gillespie Obituary
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Submitted by:   Peggy J. Riley Reichard
Email:  eichard@redrose.net
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Published in the Pine Bluff Commercial, March 25, 1947.

JAMES ALBERT GILLESPIE

James Albert Gillespie, age 84, retired lumber man of Lincoln County,
died at the home of his son at 5:45 a.m. today, following an illness of
several months.
A native of Kentucky, he was born March 1, 1863, son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. John Gillespie, moving to Lincoln County as a small boy.
Survivors include  one daughter, Mrs. G. C. Thomasson of San Franscisco,
Calif.; three sons, George and Louis Gillespie of Star City, and B. M.
Gillespie of Norfolk, Va.; fifteen grandchildren and five great
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the
Butler Baptist Church.  Services will be conducted by the Rev. W. J.
Sheppard, Baptist Minister of Star City.
Burial will be made in Butler Cemetery, with arrangements in charge of
the South Funeral Home.
Active pallbearers will be:  James Gillespie, Herman Logue, Marvin L.
Thurman, Leo A. Meeks, Doyle C. Tucker, and Homer K. Taylor.
Honorary pallbearers will be;  Dr. B. M. Gardner, J. C. Roberts, Veo
Glover, Dee McGregor, J. T. Wimberly, John O’Neal, Victor Felley, J. M.
Russell, Ross McGregor, Elzie Owen and Earnest Logue.
The body of Mr. Gillespie will remain at the South Funeral Home until
funeral time.