Eva Lenora BRAMMER
- Born: 19 Sep 1928, Kingston, Fayette Co., WV 55,660
- Marriage: Joseph Howard GILLESPIE on 24 Oct 1946 in Danese, Fayette Co., WV 660
- Died: 29 Nov 2006, Rainelle, Greenbrier Co., WV at age 78 55
- Buried: 2 Dec 2006, Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV 68
General Notes:
The Beckley Register-Herald, Beckley, WV, Online Edition, 1 December 2006
RAINELLE ? Eva Lenora Gillespie, 78, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2006, in the Memorial Division of Charleston Area Medical Center following a short illness.
Born Sept. 19, 1928, in Rocky Mount, Va., she was the daughter of the late George B. and Mary Ella Hash Brammer. Her family moved to West Virginia in 1933.
Mrs. Gillespie was a homemaker, a member of the Ladies Auxiliary VFW Post 4884 in Rainelle and a lifelong member of Little Sewell Baptist Church in Crag. She was known for her quilting. Mrs. Gillespie received acknowledgment from Greenbrier County Inter Agency for her volunteer efforts in December 2000. Her smile was a constant and will be missed.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, J. Howard Gillespie; two sons, Glen R. and Norman J. Gillespie; two daughters, Peggy D. Bragg and Lois Pittman; a brother and three sisters.
Survivors include a daughter, Arlene Tincher and husband, Richard, of Smoot; a sister, Louise Sawyers and husband, Ned, of Baltimore, Md.; seven grandchildren, Joe Brinelle and wife, Cristy, of Norman, Okla., Greg Brinelle and wife, Rachel, of Oklahoma City, Okla., Howard W. Tincher of Rainelle, Mary L. Wickline and husband, Steve, of Sullivan, Mo., Eddie Ray Burns of Williamsburg, Rodney Gillespie and wife, Angie, of South Carolina and Roger Gillespie and wife, Lisa, of Jumping Branch; 10 great-grandchildren and seven stepgreat-grandchildren.
Service will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Smathers Funeral Chapel, Rainelle, with Pastor Joe Collins and Pastor Don Bean officiating. Burial will follow in Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville.
Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Arrangements by Smathers Funeral Chapel, Rainelle.
Eva married Joseph Howard GILLESPIE, son of Norban Noel "Dock" GILLESPIE and Ella Lois BUCKLAND, on 24 Oct 1946 in Danese, Fayette Co., WV.660 (Joseph Howard GILLESPIE was born on 8 Oct 1922 in Crag, Greenbrier Co., WV,55,660 died on 10 May 1996 in Rainelle, Greenbrier Co., WV 55 and was buried in Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV 64.)
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