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1915 - 2009 (93 years)| Name | Carolyn Erskine GILLESPIE [1] | |
| Birth | 15 Oct 1915 | Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina  [2] |
| Gender | Female | |
| Education | graduated from Hillcrest High School, Sumter County, South Carolina [3] | |
| HIST | of Irmo, South Carolina at death- she had 5 great-grandchildren Date Published: February 20, 2009 CAROLYN MORSE Carolyn Erskine Gillespie Mellette Morse died Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009. She was born Oct. 15, 1915, in Sumter, a daughter of the late Samuel Watson Gillespie and Charlotte Bainbridge Cobb Gillespie. She was predeceased by her first husband, James Bland Mellette; her second husband, Stanley Fletcher Morse; her brother, Samuel Watson Gillespie Jr.; and her sister, Charlotte Bainbridge Gillespie. She is survived by her son, James Bland Mellette Jr. and his wife, Connie Owen Mellette, of Irmo; her daughter, Carolyn Erskine Gillespie Mellette Edwards of Charlotte, N.C.; four grandchildren, James Bland Mellette III, Carolyn Erskine Mellette Edwards, U.S. Army Capt. Nancy Mellette Clauss and U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Catherine Mellette; five great-grandchildren; and her sister, Margaret Ella Gillespie Ecker Strelsky of Atlanta. She grew up on Claremont, her family's cotton plantation near Stateburg, which defined her love of the land, nature and animals. She maintained her membership in the Episcopal Church of the Holy Cross, Stateburg, and the Stateburg Literary and Musical Society. She lived in Sumter, Irmo and on Wadmalaw Island. She loved travel and did so extensively, both abroad and in the U.S., sometimes wintering in Mexico or Peru. She enjoyed learning and frequented the library researching subjects that interested her. She took continuing education classes at the University of South Carolina in anthropology and art even into her 80s. She had a special love of art and enjoyed painting. A visitation will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Dunbar Funeral Home, Dutch Fork Chapel, Irmo. Service according to the rites of the Episcopal Church will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Church of the Holy Cross, Stateburg, located near Sumter, with interment in the family plot there. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to the Church of the Holy Cross, 335 N. Kings Hwy., Sumter, SC 29154. Please sign the online guest book at www.dunbarfunerals.com. [1, 4] | |
| Religion | she maintained her membership in the Episcopal Church of the Holy Cross, Stateburg, South Carolina [1] | |
| _UID | 9CAF7793350B48DDAADF15176DA37D6763DC | |
| Death | 19 Feb 2009 | |
| Burial | 23 Feb 2009 | Episcopal Church of the Holy Cross Cemetery, Stateburg, Sumter County, South Carolina [1] |
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| Person ID | I21279 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 6 Mar 2009 | |
| Father | Samuel Watson GILLESPIE, Jr., b. 27 Mar 1883, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 28 Jan 1940, Stateburg, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 56 years) | |
| Mother | Charlotte Bainbridge COBB, b. 7 Nov 1879, Rockland, Maine d. 4 Jan 1964, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 84 years) | |
| Marriage | 2 Mar 1910 [5] | |
| _UID | FB77C07396AA483FBDD7ACEA875E79998D81 | |
| _UID | FB77C07396AA483FBDD7ACEA875E79998D81 | |
| Family ID | F14778 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 | James Bland MELLETTE, Sr., b. 4 May 1908, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 18 Nov 1960, Columbia Hospital, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina (Age 52 years) | |||||
| Marriage | Apr 1935 [6] | |||||
| _UID | 4CECCFC827014E25A338B5C6EB8FE0809A9B | |||||
| _UID | 4CECCFC827014E25A338B5C6EB8FE0809A9B | |||||
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| Family ID | F11047 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||
| Last Modified | 1 Feb 2000 | |||||
| Family 2 | Stanley Fletcher MORSE d. Bef 19 Feb 2009 | |
| _UID | 65DDE401729F46978C6B66AE5D0C9983A564 | |
| _UID | 65DDE401729F46978C6B66AE5D0C9983A564 | |
| Family ID | F2792 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified | 23 Mar 2026 | |
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