ROBERT BLAINE GILLISPIE, 62, OF KERSHAW, SOUTH CAROLINA, FORMERLY OF ALUM CREEK, DIED SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1997 AT DORN VA HOSPITAL, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA AFTER A LONG ILLNESS.
HE WAS AN ELECTRICIAN, ATTENDED A FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND WAS IN THE U.S. MARINE CORPS FOR 3 YEARS.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS: WIFE: ROBIN; 1 DAUGHTER: BRENDA FERNATT OF SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV; 5 SISTERS: CLARICE HATFIELD OF HURRICANE, WV; LOUISE THORNHILL OF SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV; LORAINE HERDIEN OF AL; DORIS ROSS OF SC; ELIZABETH PRIESTLEY OF MI; 2 GRANDDAUGHTERS.
SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT CURRY FUNERAL HOME, ALUM CREEK, ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1997 AT 11:00 AM WITH REV. MICHAEL DENT OFFICIATING. BURIAL WITH MILITARY GRAVESIDE RITES GIVEN BY THE ALUM CREEK POST #4768 WILL BE HELD IN GILLISPIE FAMILY CEMETERY, ALUM CREEK. FRIENDS MAY CALL ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1997 FROM 6 TO 8 PM AT THE FUNERAL HOME.