Lloyd V. Gillespie

Lloyd V. Gillespie of Snow Hill, went home to be with his Lord on Thursday, December 9, 2010, surrounded by his loving family. He was 85 years old. He was born October 3, 1925 in Brevard, North Carolina, a son of the late Ila Lowee Gillespie and Jake V. Gillespie. When Lloyd was a mere five weeks old his mother passed and he was sent to live with his late aunt and uncle, Nannie and Nall Gravely in Liberty, South Carolina. He was forever grateful for the love and care they gave him as they raised him as if he was their own. He proudly served his country in the US Army, enlisting in 1943 during WWII until he was discharged following the Korean Conflict in 1957. He was a member of the American Legion Post 67 in Snow Hill, a life member of the V.F.W., a member of the Nanticoke Masonic Lodge # 172 AF&AM of Federalsburg, the Eastern Sho Forest #53 Tall Cedars of Lebanon, Boumi Temple Shriners and Knight Templers. He was a former member of the Loyal Order of Moose in Salisbury. He was a faithful member of Bates Memorial United Methodist Church in Snow Hill where he had served on several committees in the past. After retirement from Crown, Cork and Seal he worked at Carway in Salisbury and NAPA in Snow Hill and Pocomoke. He is survived by his wife, Gayle Parsons Gillespie, whom he married in 1984; two children from a previous marriage, Evelyn Gillespie Gaffney and Thomas Lloyd Gillespie, both of New Jersey; two stepdaughters, Marsha G. Hopkins, who was like a daughter to him, and her husband, Lance, and Sheila K. Cooper and her husband, Craig, all of Salisbury; two grandchildren, Connie Cooper Patterson and her husband, Ernest of Fruitland and Patrick Hopkins and his wife, Brandy of White Haven; four great grandchildren, Natasia and Skylar Cooper Patterson and Kristopher and Rosalee Hopkins; a devoted family friend, Donald Ayres of Pocomoke; sisters-in-law, Maxine Patterson of Havre de Grace, Maryland and Stella Griffith and her husband, Arland of Seaford, Delaware; and five nephews, Travis, Randall and Ronnie Waldrop, Harold Hopkins and Jim Gillespie, all of the Carolinas. He is also survived by several cousins from North and South Carolina. In addition to his parents and his aunt and uncle who raised him, he was preceded in death by three brothers, Clifford, Earl and Gerald Gillespie, two sisters, Gladys Duckett and Erma Waldrop and two nieces. A memorial service beginning with a Masonic service will be held on Monday, December 13, 2010 at 12:00 noon at Bates Memorial United Methodist Church in Snow Hill, where family and friends may call from 11:00 to 12:00. The Reverend Dr. Everett Isaacs and Pastor Mark Avens will officiate. Military honors will conclude the services. Memorial contributions may be made in his memory to the Shriners Hospital for Children, Office of Development, 2900 Rocky Point Drive, Tampa, FL 33607 or to Bates Memorial UMC, c/o Lois Green, 3834 Dogwood Drive, Snow Hill, MD 21863. Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.shortfh.com. Arrangements are in the care of Short Funeral Home in Delmar.

Lloyd V. Gillespie

October 3, 1925 - December 9, 2010