Died of injuries sustained in an automobile accident at the age of 42. Also killed in this three-vehicle accident were Eva Stephens Durham and Charles R. Parnell.
His obituary stated he was born in Pickens and had spent most of his life in Liberty.
Survived by his wife; his parents; two sons, Jimmy Gilstrap and Kenneth Gilstrap, both of the home; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Welborn and Mrs. Elvira Collins, both of Liberty; and three brothers, Willie Gilstrap and Robert Gilstrap, both of Easley, and Henry Gilstrap of Sunset.
Funeral services: Tuesday, May 12, 1953, Calumet Baptist Church, conducted by Rev. H.W. Ayres and Rev. A.M. Bryant.
Burial: Gantt Memorial Park
Pallbearers: Jess Tant, Woodrow Sanders, "Brother" Rogers, Bailey Simpson, Ernest Bolding, and G.T. Bolding.
Honorary Escort: the Men's Bible Class of Calumet Baptist Church, also Bruce Smith, Claude Dodson, Rube Medlock, Hayward Medlock, Bill Vaughn, Grady Owen, Alfred Smith, Alfred Hughes, and Walter Durham.
As was still the custom of the day, his remains were returned to the family home for visitation until the time of the funeral.
Gantt Funeral Home
Liberty, SC
Full obituaries and account of accident may be located here:
The Greenville News
Gilstrap, Lewis
1953 May 10 1A, 6A, 10B
1953 May 11 p2
1953 May 12 p6
Liberty
Died of injuries sustained in an automobile accident at the age of 42. Also killed in this three-vehicle accident were Eva Stephens Durham and Charles R. Parnell.
His obituary stated he was born in Pickens and had spent most of his life in Liberty.
Survived by his wife; his parents; two sons, Jimmy Gilstrap and Kenneth Gilstrap, both of the home; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Welborn and Mrs. Elvira Collins, both of Liberty; and three brothers, Willie Gilstrap and Robert Gilstrap, both of Easley, and Henry Gilstrap of Sunset.
Funeral services: Tuesday, May 12, 1953, Calumet Baptist Church, conducted by Rev. H.W. Ayres and Rev. A.M. Bryant.
Burial: Gantt Memorial Park
Pallbearers: Jess Tant, Woodrow Sanders, "Brother" Rogers, Bailey Simpson, Ernest Bolding, and G.T. Bolding.
Honorary Escort: the Men's Bible Class of Calumet Baptist Church, also Bruce Smith, Claude Dodson, Rube Medlock, Hayward Medlock, Bill Vaughn, Grady Owen, Alfred Smith, Alfred Hughes, and Walter Durham.
As was still the custom of the day, his remains were returned to the family home for visitation until the time of the funeral.
Gantt Funeral Home
Liberty, SC
Full obituaries and account of accident may be located here:
The Greenville News
Gilstrap, Lewis
1953 May 10 1A, 6A, 10B
1953 May 11 p2
1953 May 12 p6
Liberty
Family Members
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Arvie Luvesta Gilstrap
1890–1905
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William Benson "Willie" Gilstrap
1892–1963
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Corp John Franklin Gilstrap
1894–1972
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Robert Tillman Gilstrap Sr
1896–1984
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Mary Esther Gilstrap Wellborn
1898–1982
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Roy Bolt Gilstrap
1901–1928
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Henry Coleman Gilstrap
1903–1975
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Oscar Hampton "Ossie" Gilstrap
1904–1930
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Elvira Elizabeth Gilstrap Collins
1907–1977
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