Leola Ernestine Lewis Carey Gillispie Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Leola Ernestine Lewis Carey Gillispie (Farmville, Virginia), born in Buckingham, Virginia, who passed away at the age of 89, on April 10, 2023. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Leola Ernestine Lewis Carey Gillispie to show support.
She was loved and cherished by many people including: her mother Ruth Spencer Lewis; her former husband Tom Carey; her husband Ben Gillispie; her father Deacon Benjamin F. Lewis Sr.; her siblings, Benjamin F. Lewis, Jr., Joe L. Lewis, Gladys Dean, Grace McCollum, Deacon Harold Lewis, Sr., William Lewis (Cecelia) and Loveleen Perkins (John); her goddaughter Mary Nell Woodson (James, Sr.); her sister-in-law Edna Lewis; her godchildren, Sherry Slater and Thomas L. Woodson; and her close friend Deacon Earl Claiborne. She was also cherished by seven step-children, and a host of cousins, friends, nieces and nephews, including her devoted nephew.
