Edith Grace (Mahan) Gillespie of parrottsville, cocke county, Tennessee us was born on August 13, 1897 in Sneedville, Hancock County. She was married to Gay Gillespie, and died at age 96 years old on January 31, 1994 in Parrottsville, Cocke County. Edith Gillespie was buried at Union Cemetery in Newport.