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of Camden, South Carolina of Covenant Place, Sumter, South Carolina at death- she had 12 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews
Date Published: August 12, 2009
HARRIET GAILLARD
Harriet Thomas Clarkson Gaillard, of Covenant Place, died, Aug. 11, 2009.
She was born Sept. 1, 1926, to the late Ann Mitchell Clarkson and James Smith Heyward Clarkson in Camden. "Miss Hallie," as she was affectionately known, married Richard K. Gillard in 1946 and they lived together on Numertia Plantation near Eutawville until his death in 1983. She relocated to Camden and lived with her mother. After her mother's death in 1991, she remained in Camden until, due to declining health, she entered Covenant Place in Sumter in 2005.
She was preceded in death by her sister, Ann Clarkson Freeman; and brother, James Smith Heyward Clarkson Jr.
A lifelong Episcopalian, Mrs. Gaillard was a member of Grace Episcopal Church in Camden and, prior to that, a member of Epiphany Episcopal Church in Eutawville, where she was a member of the Altar Guild. She was a loving mother, wife and homemaker. She had also been a kindergarten teacher, a hospice volunteer and volunteer for numerous community organizations.
Mrs. Gaillard is survived by her seven children, William S. Gaillard II of Eutawville, Richard K. Gaillard Jr. and wife, Harriet, of Chapel Hill, N.C., Ann G. Walters and husband, Michael, of St. George, Harriet G. Jackson and husband, Louis, of Sumter, James C. Gaillard of Camden, C; Anna F. Gaillard of Augusta, Ga., and Gabrielle M. Gaillard of Mount Pleasant. She is also survived by 12 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Epiphany Episcopal Church in Eutawville. An inurnment will follow in the Eutawville Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the home of Louis and Harriet Jackson, 6750 Deveaux Road, Sumter.
Memorials may be made to Ascension Hospice of Sumter, Grace Episcopal Church in Camden or Epiphany Episcopal Church in Eutawville.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.bullockfuneralhome.com.
The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements. [3, 4] |
1926 - 2009 (82 years)
