Updated: January 2, 2018

MINA BELLE "MIMI" GILLESPIE, 91, OF FIVE POINTS, DIED MONDAY. SHE WAS A NATIVE OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, WORKED AT SALANT AND SALANT AND WAS A MEMBER OF FIVE POINTS BAPTIST CHURCH.

SHE IS SURVIVED BY ONE SON: DENNY GILLESPIE OF FIVE POINTS; ONE DAUGHTER: DEBBIE RIDDLE OF LORETTO; TWO BROTHERS: ETRAL EZELL OF UTAH AND LARIS EZELL OF DANDRIDGE; FIVE SISTERS: IRE JEAN DURHAM OF FRANKLIN, THEMA ELLIOTT OF NASHVILLE, REVA LEE AND VALLA GILLESPIE OF FIVE POINTS, AND ARLENE RICHARDSON FO ROGERSVILLE, AL; FOUR GRANDCHILDREN AND SEVERAL GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

THE FUNERAL SERVICE FOR MINA BELLE GILLESPIE WILL BE FRIDAY AT 1 AT FIVE POINTS BAPTIST CHURCH WITH BURIAL AT FREEMAN BLOOMING GROVE CEMETERY. THE BODY WILL LIE IN STATE ONF FRIDAY FROM 12 TO 1. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE VISITORS THURSDAY FROM 4 TO 8 AT LORETTO MEMORIAL CHAPEL.