Anne Elizabeth (Gallimore) Speas (1925 - 2006)

Born 29 Jul 1925 in Randolph County, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Herbert Lee Speas Jr. — married 24 Jun 1944 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Died 22 Nov 2006 at age 81 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth was born in 1925, a daughter of Charlie Lee Gallimore and Nina Leona Nance. She passed away in 2006 and is buried in Salem Moravian God's Acre, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.^[1][2][3]

She is listed in the 1930 US Census as living with her parents and younger siblings in Concord, North Carolina^[4]:

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Charles Gallimore Head Male 35 North Carolina

Nina S Gallimore Wife Female 29 North Carolina

Clarance L Gallimore Son Male 7 North Carolina

Annie L Gallimore Daughter Female 4 North Carolina

Loyd R Gallimore Son Male 2 North Carolina

Milred E Gallimore Daughter Female 0 North Carolina

She is listed in the 1940 US Census as living with her parents and all her siblings in Thomasville, North Carolina^[5]:

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Charlie Gallimore Head Male 44 North Carolina

Nina Gallimore Wife Female 39 North Carolina

Clarence Gallimore Son Male 17 North Carolina

Annie Gallimore Daughter Female 14 North Carolina

Lloyd Gallimore Son Male 12 North Carolina

Evelyn Gallimore Daughter Female 10 North Carolina

Hurley Gallimore Son Male 6 North Carolina

She married Herbert Lee Speas Jr. on 24 Jun 1944 in Norfolk,, Virginia, while he was serving in the US Army Air Corps.^[6] They had three children together.

Her obituary was printed in the Winston-Salem Journal on 25 Nov 2006:

Anne Elizabeth Gallimore Speas passed peacefully away at her home on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2006. She was born July 29, 1925, to Charley and Nina Nance Gallimore in Concord, N.C. She was married for 62 years to Herbert L. Speas Jr., retired Vice President of Engineering at R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers; Lloyd Gallimore and Clarence Lee Gallimore; and a daughter, Gerry Lee Speas.

Surviving are her husband of the home; a son, Randall Terry Speas of Winston-Salem; a daughter, Cindy Anne Speas Dunn and husband, Gary, of Advance; a grandson, Christian Anthony Speas and wife, Michelle, of Advance; two great-grandsons, Davis Merritt Speas and John Mitchell Speas. She leaves a sister, Evelyn Gallimore Edwards of Chesterfield, Va., and a brother, Charlie "Hurley" and wife, Louise, of Archdale.

A lifelong member of Messiah Moravian Church, she served on numerous circle groups. She was a very loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother and a wonderful friend to all who knew her. She was a proficient homemaker and avid cook. She was known for her endless generosity and kindness to so many people during her life, always helping people in need. She was a sharp dresser with a great sense of style and good taste in whatever she purchased for people.

Our heartfelt thanks to her dear close friends, Ruth Davis, Cecil Price and Anna Mae Gillette, who shared with her so many good times and brought her so much joy. A special thank-you to Brenda Mendenhall for her loving relationship and support. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 26, at Messiah Moravian Church, 1401 S. Peace Haven Road Winston-Salem, NC 27104, followed by interment in God's Acre at Old Salem in downtown Winston-Salem. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Hospice and Palliative CareCenter, 101 Hospice Lane, Winston-Salem, NC 27103, 336-768-3971. Vogler & Sons Reynolda Road in charge of arrangements.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 July 2019), memorial page for Elizabeth Anne “Annie” Gallimore Speas (29 Jul 1925–22 Nov 2006), Find A Grave Memorial no. 75684233, citing Salem Moravian God's Acre, Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Bob Nance (contributor 47221259).
2. ↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCWY-D2G : 8 December 2014), Annie Elizabeth Gallimore, 29 Jul 1925; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 12, p. 401, Randolph, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
3. ↑ "North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7C1K-HF3Z : 11 February 2019), Annie Elizabeth Gallimore, 29 Jul 1925; citing Birth, , North Carolina State Archives, Division of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 102484000.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3QG-3KK : accessed 16 July 2019), Annie L Gallimore in household of Charles Gallimore, Concord, Randolph, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 13, sheet 1A, line 38, family 7, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1714; FHL microfilm 2,341,448.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWS8-Q63 : 13 March 2018), Annie Gallimore in household of Charlie Gallimore, Ward 4, Thomasville, Thomasville Township, Davidson, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 29-38, sheet 18A, line 34, family 341, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2899.
6. ↑ "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVB1-3NJ1 : 10 January 2019), Herbert Lee Speas and Anne Elizabeth Gallmore, 24 Jun 1944; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Norfolk, , Virginia, United States, certificate 12978, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.