Charles Samuel Gillespie


 NASA

Born:December 11, 1922, Alabama
Died:March 31, 2011, Huntsville, Alabama
Buried:Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama
Son of:George Sharp Gillespie
Father of:Michael Gillespie

Notes:

•  Son of George Sharp Gillespie (1888 - 1981) and Nora Mae McElwee (1891 - 1989) - Ancestry.com

•  "Charles Gillespie graduated from Madison School and served in World War II. He married Juanita (Nita) Prince (1922- ) on June 7, 1944. They had two sons. Michael Charles (Mike) Gillespie (1947) and Jerry Samuel (1949-1980). Mike is the father of two daughters, Kim (1969) and Allison (1979), and is currently Chairman of the Madison County Commission." - Heritage: Hailey

•  Married Virginia Juanita Prince (1922-2001) in 1944. - Ancestry.com

•  "He was an elder at First Presbyterian Church. Mr. Gillespie worked with Dr. Wernher von Braun and retired as a chief equipment specialist-Test Division with NASA after 29 years of service. He worked at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center for the past 27 years. Mr. Gillespie was a charter member of the South Huntsville Kiwanis Club. He had a lifelong passion for family and friends and truly was the man who never met a stranger. He also was a great story teller.
     Survivors include a son, Mike Gillespie; granddaughters, Kim Gillespie and Alison Gillespie Trefry; great-grandson, Weston Michael Trefry; nieces, nephews and other relatives." - Find A Grave

•  Kiwanis Lieutenant Governor 1990, South Huntsville - Kiwanis


Related Links:

•  Ancestry.com - Page owned by ebarks6258 and can be viewed only with an Ancestry.com paid subscription. (Originally found at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/41693629/person/19663259990.)

•  Find A Grave - Page created by Heather.

•  Heritage: Hailey - Article titled "The Gillespie - Hailey Family" by Mrs. Gene Hailey for The Heritage of Madison County, Alabama, by The Madison County Heritage Book Committee, John P. Rankin, Chairman, page 203.

•  Kiwanis - List of Kiwanis Lieutenant Governors. (Originally found at http://alabama.kiwanis.org/public_district/pub_Content.aspx?PageID=396.)

•  Patent - Control system for fire nozzles


The Following Pages Link to this Page:
•  George Sharp Gillespie
•  Michael Gillespie