MT. JULIET – Funeral services will be conducted 10 a.m. Thursday, October 8 at Bond Memorial Chapel for Mrs. Gillespie, 86, of Mt. Juliet. Retired from Genesco and a member of the First Baptist Church of Mt. Juliet, she died Oct. 5, 2009.

Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at Bond Memorial Chapel. Services will be conducted by Rev. Dixon Gillespie. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens.

Survivors include: sons Dixon (Judy) Gillespie and Norman Gillespie – both of Mt. Juliet and Don (Linda) Gillespie of Statesville; granddaughters Kim Clemmons and Cathy York; great-grandchildren Joshua Williams, Nicole Williams, Jacob York and Cayleigh York.

She was preceded in death by her husband Riley Dixon Gillespie; parents Virgie and Edgar Davis; siblings Arthur, Gilliam, Smith, Ben Alford Davis, Sophie Lannom and Virginia Davis.

Pallbearers will include: Joshua Williams, Nichole Williams, Jacob York, Cayleigh York, Chuck York and John Clemmons.

Bond Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.