Published: November 15, 2018

VELLA B. GILLESPIE, 80, OF FIVE POINTS, DIED WEDNESDAY. SHE WAS A NATIVE OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, RETIRED FROM THE LAWRENCE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT CLERK OFFICE, OWNER AND OPERATOR OF GILLESPIE GARBAGE SERVICE, AND A MEMBER OF FIVE POINTS MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH.

SHE IS SURVIVED BY TWO SONS: TIM GILLESPIE AND TERRY GILLESPIE; FOUR SISTERS: REVA LEE OF FIVE POINTS, ARLENE RICHARDSON OF ROGERSVILLE, AL, IRIS JEAN DURHAM OF FRANKLIN AND THELMA ELLIOTT OF NASHVILLE; TWO BROTHERS: ETRAL EZELL OF UTAH AND LARIS EZELL OF DANDRIDGE; SIX GRANDCHILDREN, 15 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, 1 GREAT-GRANDCHILD ON THE WAY AND 1 GREAT-GREAT-GRANDCHILD.

THE FUNERAL SERVICE FOR VELLA B. GILLESPIE WILL BE SATURDAY AT 11 AT NEAL FUNERAL HOME WITH BURIAL AT FREEMAN BLOOMING GROVE CEMETERY. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE VISITORS FRIDAY FROM 5 TO 8.