Norban Noel "Dock" Gillespie

1883 - 1968  (85 years)

• Name	Norban Noel "Dock" Gillespie
  Nickname	Dock
  Birth	5 Mar 1883	Greenbrier Co., WV   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Apr 1968	Ronceverte, Greenbrier Co., WV   [3]
  	Cause: probably septisemia, urinary tract infection
  Burial	27 Apr 1968	East View Cemetery, Crag, Greenbrier Co., WV   [4]
  Person ID	I13433	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	William Henry Gillespie, Sr.,   b. 5 May 1841, Greenbrier Co., VA d. 3 Feb 1923, Smoot, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Frances "Fanny" Osborne,   b. 7 Feb 1851, Greenbrier Co., VA d. 14 Apr 1922, Tincher, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	15 Feb 1870	Greenbrier Co., WV   [5]
  Family ID	F5869	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ella Lois Buckland,   b. 2 Apr 1888, Raleigh Co., WV d. 3 Apr 1946, Crag, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	30 Sep 1908	Greenbrier Co., WV   [6]
  Children	1. Jena Ray Gillespie,   b. 26 Jun 1909, Greenbrier Co., WV d. Jan 1984, Elkview, Kanawha Co., WV (Age 74 years)   2. Troy Phillip Gillespie,   b. 22 Aug 1910, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 2 Oct 1980, Tampa, Hillsborough Co., FL (Age 70 years)   3. Tessa Gillespie,   b. 21 Apr 1912, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 23 Sep 1990, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 78 years)   4. Lowell Judson Gillespie,   b. 2 May 1914, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 9 Feb 2003, Belle, Kanawha Co., WV (Age 88 years)   5. Ruby Ruth Gillespie,   b. 21 Jan 1916, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 1 Oct 2006, Point Pleasant, Mason Co., WV (Age 90 years)   6. Noah Noel Gillespie,   b. 24 Aug 1917, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 2 Jul 2002, Point Pleasant, Mason Co., WV (Age 84 years)   7. Paul Henry Gillespie,   b. 2 May 1919, Crag, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 14 Aug 1989, Franklin Co., OH (Age 70 years)   8. Clarence H. Gillespie,   b. 1921, Greenbrier Co., WV d. Yes, date unknown   9. Joseph Howard Gillespie,   b. 8 Oct 1922, Crag, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 10 May 1996, Rainelle, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 73 years)   10. James C. Gillespie,   b. 3 Jun 1924, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 4 Apr 1985, Charlottesville, VA (Age 60 years)   11. Virgie E. Gillespie   12. Rev. Rachel Gillespie
  Family ID	F5914	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Ella Hash,   b. 16 Sep 1892, Franklin Co., VA d. 30 Mar 1972, Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F5913	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 5 Mar 1883 - Greenbrier Co., WV Marriage - 30 Sep 1908 - Greenbrier Co., WV  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  The Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, 26 April 1968 N. N. Gillespie, 85, Taken By Death EAST RAINELLE (RNS) - N. N. (Dock) Gillespie, 85, died Thursday afternoon in a Ronceverte hospital after a long illness. Born at Craig, March 5, 1883, he was a son of the late William and Fannie Osborn Gillespie. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Little Sewell Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Mary; four daughters, Mrs. Tessa Hlavacek, of Dexter, N. M., Mrs. Ruby Devrick of Dayton, Ohio, Miss Vergie Gillespie of King of Prussia, Del., and Mrs. Rachel Lee of New Castle, Del.; eight sons, Ray of Elkview, Troy of Tampa, Fla., Lowell of Belle, Noah of Waverly, Ohio, Paul of Columbus, Ohio, Clarence of Berea, Ky., Howard of Rainelle, and James of Mullens; five stepdaughters, Mrs. Frances Davidson of Kansas, Mrs. Helen Wyatt of Longdale, Calif., Mrs. Lenora Gillespie of Rainelle and Mrs. Hazel Fleshman and Mrs. Louise Sawyers, both of Baltimore, Md.; a stepson, George Brammer of Rainelle; four brothers, Renick of Ansted, John of Rich Creek, Va., Homer of Bellwood and Tony of Crichton, 30 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. The funeral will he at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the Little Sewell Baptist Church with Revs. Bert Jones and J. M. Holliday in charge. Burial will he in Surbaugh Cemetery at Craig. The body is at the Don Smathers Funeral Chapel where friends may call after noon today.

  
  

• Sources

  [S593] Shuck, Larry G., Greenbrier County, [West] Virginia, Birth Records 1853-1899, (Athens, GA: Iberian Publishing Co., 1995). [S1076] National Archives and Records Administration: Washington, DC, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.). [S539] Greenbrier Co., WV DB 1949-1973. [S864] Obituary: The Beckley Post-Herald. [S594] Shuck, Larry G., Greenbrier County, [West] Virginia, Marriages 1782-1900, (Athens, GA: Iberian Publishing Co., 1991). [S560] Greenbrier Co., WV MB 1B.