Catherine Bellamy

grandmother and artist, died at her home in Charlotte, NC, on Monday,

August 16, 2010, surrounded by her family. She was 84.

“Kitty” enjoyed a stiff drink of bourbon, a good cigarette, chocolate,

and often held forth that, “Children should have the hell scared out

of ‘em, at least once a year.”

Catherine was born on April 21, 1926, in Charleston, SC, the fourth of

five children born to William George Revel, Jr., and Gertrude Early

Revel. She is survived by her brother Edward Revel of Ponte Vedre,

Florida.

Raised South of Broad St. in Charleston in a seafaring family, she

attended Meminger High School in Charleston, and Mary Washington

College in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Elizabeth Bryan, Catherine’s cousin, introduced her to Oscar Heyward

Bellamy, Jr., originally of Florence, South Carolina, in 1939. Kitty

and Heyward were engaged during Heyward’s service in the U.S. Navy on

the U.S.S. Converse in the South Pacific. After the war, the pair

married on November 10, 1945, in Charleston in the family home on New

Street.

The G.I. Bill took the couple to Clemson College, in 1946, from which

Heyward graduated in electrical engineering in 1949. Son Oscar Heyward

Bellamy, III, “Hank” now of Bluffton, SC, was born in 1947 in Clemson.

Revel Bellamy, now of Marvin, NC, was born in 1950 in Clemson. Mark

Bellamy, now of Weddington, NC, was born in 1951 in Clemson. Heyward

remained at Clemson as a graduate instructor until the couple moved to

Charlotte in 1952. Melissa Bellamy, now Melissa O’Steen and currently

of Beaufort, SC, was born in 1954 in Charlotte.

She bore all four children precisely on their due dates, which

foreshadowed the discipline with which she approached her life’s work

as wife and mother.

A lover of animals including cats, dogs, birds and even fish,

Catherine’s life as a mother to four was paired with five-gaited

horses.

In later life, Catherine concentrated on her art, primarily landscape

impressionism, producing roughly 300 significant paintings and

hundreds of sketches and sketch paintings over a 35-year effort. Her

artwork remains highly coveted by her family, which has grown to

include nine grandchildren, Ethan Bellamy of Denver, Colorado, Leah

Bellamy of Bluffton, SC, Anna Bellamy of Kingston, Tennessee, Grace

Bellamy of Hollywood, California, Rebecca Bellamy of Marvin, NC, Britt

Walsh of Charlotte, Curtis Beshears of Matthews, NC, Bryan Bellamy of

Weddington, NC, and Brislan Bellamy of Weddington, NC, and three great

grandchildren, Charles Bellamy of Denver, CO, Pearl Bellamy of Marvin,

NC, and Isabella Walsh of Charlotte, NC.

The family held a memorial service after Catherine’s death, officiated

by Chaplain James D. Parker of Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte

Region.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Hospice & Palliative

Care Charlotte Region.

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