Per her death certificate found on Ancestry.com: she was a daughter of Edward I. Galladay and Lucinda Cossitt. She was married at the time of her death but her spouse is not named. She died at Baptist Hospital of a cerebral hemorrhage. The informant was James H (last name difficult to read) of 1501 Lady St.

Found in The State 19 October 1915: Mrs. A. Gamewell LaMotte died yesterday afternoon after a very short illness. The funeral services will be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon at the First Presbyterian church, of which she was a most faithful member. Mrs. LaMotte was a very talented woman, who was identified with the educational, religious and social life of the city. Her death came as a great shock to her many friends, for it was only a week ago that she was in apparent good health. She is survived by her husband and five small boys-Gamewell, Jr., Louis, Francis, Thomas and Golladay. Her only other near relative, Bowling Golladay of Allensville, Ky., was here at the time of her death. In 1895 Mrs. LaMotte, who was then Miss Golladay, came to Columbia as teacher of art in Columbia college. She was the daughter of Col. E. I. Golladay of Lebanon, Tenn., a brilliant lawyer, who was several times a member of Congress. Her mother was before marriage Miss Lucinda Cossitt, who was the only daughter of the Rev. Francis Cossett of Lebanon. Mrs. LaMotte was born in 1868. She was married to Mr. LaMotte in 1898 in Grace church, New York city. A Christian home for self-supporting young women of Columbia was one of Mrs. LaMotte's long cherished ideas, and it was largely through her instrumentality that the Woman's building was founded. She was a member of the board of directors of the Woman's building, and last night a member of the advisory board of the Woman's building paid her the following tribute: "Many hearts in Columbia are saddened by the sudden death of Mrs. Gamewell LaMotte. She was a woman of rare mind and of large, sypmathetic heart. She herself endured disappointments, trials and afflictions which would have crushed the heart of many a weaker person, but she was brave, devoted to right and strong in her faith in a wise and loving Heavenly Father. Her own sorrows made her deeply sympathetic toward others who were in trouble, and her blessings made her profoundly thankful to Him from whom all blessings flow. For several years Mrs. LaMotte has been one of the leading spirits in the work for a Christian home for self-supporting women in Columbia, and much of the credit for the pronounced success of the Woman's building is due to her untiring efforts in behalf of that noble enterprise. The writer of this simple tribute has passed many hours in conferences with that board of which she was such an important member, and there heard such expressions of Christian faith and love from her as he has heard from few, out of many, with whom he has been associated in Christian service. This good work will abide as a monument to the memory of one who gave much of her life for its sake. The very difficulties under which that work was prosecuted tested to the utmost the motives and principles which controlled her life, and her words and acts were consistent with her Christian profession. She was the true friend of all womankind and has left a worthy example as well as a great work. The people of Columbia could not do a nobler thing than to make a contribution to the Woman's building which could abide and could be known through all of the years to come as a memorial, in a good cause, to this devoted and faithful woman, and a sympathetic community of Christian people will do what they can also to alleviate the sorrow of the little boys who so sorely need what their devoted mother gave to them."