Grace Verrill Martin Spate Obituary
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Grace Verrill Martin Spate (Gaffney, South Carolina), born in Mayo, South Carolina, who passed away on January 12, 2023, at the age of 87, leaving to mourn family and friends. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Grace Verrill Martin Spate to show support.
She was predeceased by: her son Thomas Franklin Peterson; her parents, Merrill E. Martin and Katie Pansy White Martin; her husband Robert C Spate; and her siblings, Dawn Cerny, Billy, Harold, Tim and Stanly Martin.
She is survived by: her family Cowpens; her children, Katie Gillespie (James) and Jeffery Spate (Christy); her granddaughter Siera Harmon (Michael); her great grandchildren, Ami and Ian; her grandson Benjamin Spate (Rebecca); her great grandchildren, Christopher, Tyler, Ryan and Abby; her grandson Richard Williamson; her stepdaughter Linda Williamson (David); and her siblings, Ellen March (Tony), Ann Elliott (Dewitt), June DeVaney (Dennis) and Stephen A Martin (Jane).
In lieu of flowers, please consider a contribution to a Dementia/ Alzheimer research fund to further prevention of the life stealing, heart crushing, hopeless scourge that is dementia.
