Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Sola Gillespie

April 1, 1917 - May 24, 2008

 

South Bend Tribune 5/30/2008
SOUTH BEND - Mrs. Sola Gillespie, 91, of South Bend, Indiana passed away on Saturday, May 24, 2008. Originally from Milan, Tennessee, Mrs. Gillespie had been a South Bend resident since 1950.

 

She was preceded in death by her husband Booker T. Gillespie in 1951. Her daughter, Helen Barham of Milan, TN survives her.

 

The funeral ceremony for Mrs. Gillespie is today at 11:00 a.m. in Cobb Funeral Home-South Bend Chapel, 3525 S. Michigan St., with Pastor Haygood of Pilgrim Baptist Church officiating. Burial will follow at Riverview Cemetery.