Visitation will be Saturday, November 29 from 10-11 am at St Luke’s United Methodist Church in Jackson, followed by a memorial service.
Pat is survived by her children: Janie Robbins(Kenny), Michael Gillespie(Terri) ; her grandchildren , Erin Robbins, William Robbins, Andy Welch(Ross), Blair White(Daniel), Patricia Robbins , Adam Welch(Kelsey), Lamar Gillespie (Laura), Braeden Smith, Jane Owen Faulkner(Jacob), Carruth Smith, and seven great- grandchildren. She is survived by her brother, Larry Williams(Pat- deceased) and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
She is predeceased by her husband of 59 years, Dr. William(Bill) Gillespie Jr., her daughter Nancy Smith and her parents Lamar Carruth Williams and Nancy Buntyne Williams Dickson.
Pat loved the Lord, family, knitting, baking and sports. She loved her time knitting prayer shawls at church and studying the Bible with her dear friends. She was always baking something for someone; there was always some new recipe she wanted to try and she had a multitude of willing taste testers. She loved sports, in fact in her younger days she could play a fierce game of tennis, later settling for watching her children and grandchildren play their favorite sports and enjoying any sporting event, especially all things Ole Miss.
Only her love of the Lord exceeded her love of family, she was totally devoted to each and every member.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations in her memory may be made to St Luke’s United Methodist Church in Jackson or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis Tennessee.
