Gilstrap, Levis Leon^[1]

1919 - 2014  (94 years)  

 Set As Default Person

Gilstrap, James Attaway

1883 - 1964  (80 years)

Birth	16 Nov 1883	, Pickens, South Carolina, USA
Died	31 Jul 1964	Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, USA
Buried	Aug 1964	Bethlehem United Methodist Church Cemetery, Pickens, South Carolina, USA
Family	Mitchell, Venna Ree           b. 28 Jul 1890, Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, USA
Married	11 Dec 1904
Children	1. Gilstrap, Levis Leon           b. 22 Jul 1919, Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, USA

Mitchell, Venna Ree

1890 - 1938  (47 years)

Birth	28 Jul 1890	Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, USA
Died	9 Jun 1938	Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, USA
Buried	Jun 1938	Bethlehem United Methodist Church Cemetery, Pickens, South Carolina, USA
Family	Gilstrap, James Attaway           b. 16 Nov 1883, , Pickens, South Carolina, USA
Married	11 Dec 1904
Children	1. Gilstrap, Levis Leon           b. 22 Jul 1919, Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, USA

Gilstrap, James Attaway

1883 - 1964  (80 years)

Birth	16 Nov 1883	, Pickens, South Carolina, USA
Died	31 Jul 1964	Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, USA
Buried	Aug 1964	Bethlehem United Methodist Church Cemetery, Pickens, South Carolina, USA
Family	Mitchell, Venna Ree           b. 28 Jul 1890, Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, USA
Married	11 Dec 1904
Children	1. Gilstrap, Levis Leon           b. 22 Jul 1919, Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, USA

Mitchell, Venna Ree

1890 - 1938  (47 years)

Birth	28 Jul 1890	Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, USA
Died	9 Jun 1938	Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, USA
Buried	Jun 1938	Bethlehem United Methodist Church Cemetery, Pickens, South Carolina, USA
Family	Gilstrap, James Attaway           b. 16 Nov 1883, , Pickens, South Carolina, USA
Married	11 Dec 1904
Children	1. Gilstrap, Levis Leon           b. 22 Jul 1919, Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, USA

Williams, Alice

1917 - 2005  (88 years)

Birth	22 Feb 1917	Central, Pickens, South Carolina, USA
Died	2 Jul 2005	Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Buried	5 Jul 2005	White Oak Baptist Church Cemetery, Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Father	Williams, James A. "Jim" "Jim"           b. 29 Jan 1888
Mother	Maw, Annie Eliza           b. 27 Feb 1892
Family	Gilstrap, Levis Leon           b. 22 Jul 1919, Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, USA
Children	1. Gilstrap, Venna Ann           b. 28 Apr 1941, Six Mile, Pickens, South Carolina, USA   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living

Gilstrap, Venna Ann

1941 - 2007  (66 years)

Birth	28 Apr 1941	Six Mile, Pickens, South Carolina, USA
Died	3 Oct 2007	Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Buried	6 Oct 2007	Woodlawn Memorial Park, Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Father	Gilstrap, Levis Leon           b. 22 Jul 1919, Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, USA
Mother	Williams, Alice           b. 22 Feb 1917, Central, Pickens, South Carolina, USA
Family	Howard, Philip Kelly           b. 8 Apr 1927, Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living

Howard, Philip Kelly

1927 - 2013  (86 years)

Birth	8 Apr 1927	Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Died	27 May 2013	Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Buried	May 2013	Woodlawn Memorial Park, Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Family	Gilstrap, Venna Ann           b. 28 Apr 1941, Six Mile, Pickens, South Carolina, USA
Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living

Living

Father	Gilstrap, Levis Leon           b. 22 Jul 1919, Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, USA
Mother	Williams, Alice           b. 22 Feb 1917, Central, Pickens, South Carolina, USA
Family	Living

Living

Family	Living

Living

Father	Gilstrap, Levis Leon           b. 22 Jul 1919, Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, USA
Mother	Williams, Alice           b. 22 Feb 1917, Central, Pickens, South Carolina, USA
Family	Living
Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living

Living

Family	Living
Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living

Living

Father	Gilstrap, Levis Leon           b. 22 Jul 1919, Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, USA
Mother	Williams, Alice           b. 22 Feb 1917, Central, Pickens, South Carolina, USA
Family	Living
Children	1. Living   2. Living

Living

Family	Living
Children	1. Living   2. Living

• Relationship	with Living
  Birth	22 Jul 1919	Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, USA   [2]
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  		MMI - I23136 - Levis Leon Gilstrap MMI - I23136 - Levis Leon Gilstrap Source: https://billiongraves.com/grave/Levis-Leon-Gilstrap/18590233?referrer=myheritage
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Jun 2014	Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA   [2]
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  		MMI - I23136 - Levis Leon Gilstrap MMI - I23136 - Levis Leon Gilstrap Source: https://billiongraves.com/grave/Levis-Leon-Gilstrap/18590233?referrer=myheritage
  Obituary	29 Jun 2014 (94 years)	Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA   [3]
  	The Greenville News
  	Levis L. Gilstrap, Sr. Greenville Levis Leon Gilstrap, Sr., 94, of Greenville, husband of the late Alice Williams Gilstrap, died June 26, 2014. Born in Easley, Levis was a son of the late James Attaway and Venna Ree Mitchell Gilstrap. Levis was an active member of White Oak Baptist Church, where he was a Deacon, Trustee, Sunday School Superintendent and teacher. Levis was the original owner and operator of Hillcrest Food Market and Levis L. Gilstrap Real Estate. He was awarded the Order of the Palmetto in 1993. He served as S.C. Residential Home Builders Commissioner for 28 years. He was also a past President of the Greenville Home Builders Association, The Board of Realtors and Civitan Club. Surviving are his two daughters, Loretta Robinson and Regina Smith and her husband Milton, all of Anderson; two sons, Levis L. "Chip" Gilstrap, Jr. and his wife Julie of Greenville and Scott T. Mann and his wife Julie of Easley; nine grandchildren, Wendy Clarke, Kelly Howard, Zach and Jake Smith, Brittany George, JA and Kade Gilstrap and Madison and Ashleigh Mann; three great-grandchildren, Hayden and Venna Shay Clarke and Everett George. He is preceded in death by his daughter, Venna Ann Howard. Funeral services will be held Monday, June 30, 2014 at 11 am at White Oak Baptist Church with Rev. Chris Barnes officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church. The family sends a special thank-you to Open Arms Hospice and Levis' caregivers, Traci, Betty, Stuart, Magina and Mercedes. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to White Oak Baptist Church, 1805 Wade Hampton Blvd., Greenville, SC 29609 or to Meals on Wheels, 15 Oregon St., Greenville, SC 29605. Arrangements by The Mackey Mortuary Published in The Greenville News on June 29, 2014
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  Burial	30 Jun 2014	White Oak Baptist Church Cemetery, Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA   [2]
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  		Levis Leon Gilstrap 1919 - 2014 BillionGraves Record
  		MMI - I23136 - Levis Leon Gilstrap MMI - I23136 - Levis Leon Gilstrap Source: https://billiongraves.com/grave/Levis-Leon-Gilstrap/18590233?referrer=myheritage
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Gilstrap, James Attaway           b. 16 Nov 1883,, Pickens, South Carolina, USA           d. 31 Jul 1964, Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, USA  (Age 80 years)  (Father)  Mitchell, Venna Ree           b. 28 Jul 1890, Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, USA           d. 9 Jun 1938, Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, USA  (Age 47 years)  (Mother)
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  Person ID	I23136	The Family Maw
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2017

  
  

  Father	Gilstrap, James Attaway           b. 16 Nov 1883, , Pickens, South Carolina, USA           d. 31 Jul 1964, Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, USA (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Mitchell, Venna Ree           b. 28 Jul 1890, Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, USA           d. 9 Jun 1938, Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, USA (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	11 Dec 1904
  Age at Marriage	He : 21 years and 1 month - She : 14 years and 5 months.
  Family ID	F20941	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Williams, Alice           b. 22 Feb 1917, Central, Pickens, South Carolina, USA           d. 2 Jul 2005, Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA (Age 88 years)
  Children	4 children
  1. Gilstrap, Venna Ann           b. 28 Apr 1941, Six Mile, Pickens, South Carolina, USA           d. 3 Oct 2007, Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA (Age 66 years) ▻ Howard, Philip Kelly   2. Living ▻ Living   3. Living ▻ Living   4. Living ▻ Living
  Family ID	F7153	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Oct 2017

  
  

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  		Birth - 22 Jul 1919 - Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, USA  Child - Gilstrap, Venna Ann - 28 Apr 1941 - Six Mile, Pickens, South Carolina, USA  Death - 26 Jun 2014 - Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA  Obituary - The Greenville News - 29 Jun 2014 - Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA  Burial - 30 Jun 2014 - White Oak Baptist Church Cemetery, Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA   = Link to Google Earth
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  I23136 - Levis Leon Gilstrap Sr I23136 - Levis Leon Gilstrap Sr Source: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/greenvilleonline/obituary.aspx?pid=171531149

  
  

• Sources

  [S39] Websites, http:/​/​homepages​.rootsweb​.ancestry​.com/​~oldpend2/​hallum/​halg20​.htm#105127C (Reliability: 3). [S608] BillionGraves, BillionGraves, (https://billiongraves.com/), https:/​/​billiongraves​.com/​grave/​Levis-Leon-Gilstrap/​18590233?referrer=myheritage (Reliability: 3). [S39] Websites, http:/​/​www​.legacy​.com/​obituaries/​greenvilleonline/​obituary​.aspx?pid=171531149 (Reliability: 3).