TITLE:  Gussie Mcnellage

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier, July 4, 2001

SUBMITTED BY:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, July 2001

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MCNELLAGE, Gussie
Funeral services for Mrs. Gussie Inez Marion McNellage will be held 
Thursday, July 5, 2001, at 2 p.m. in Greater Lane Chapel AME Church in 
Lane, S.C. Burial will follow in Gordon Cemetery; Rev. Donnie McBride 
will conduct the religious services. DIMERY AND ROGERS FUNERAL HOME OF 
KINGSTREE is in charge of the service. Mrs. McNellage, 85, entered into
eternal rest, June 30, 2001, in Carolina Hospital Systems in Florence, 
S.C.,She was born October 7, 1915, in Lane, S.C., a daughter of the 
late Mrs. Eva Queen Marion and Rev. George H. Marion, Sr. She was the 
widow of the late Mr. Bentley McNellage, Sr. At a young age she joined 
St. James AME Church. After marriage she joined Greater Lane Chapel 
AME Church, and served the church as a Sunday School teacher, Church 
Stewardess, Sunday School Treasurer, and Church Missionary. She was 
also a member of the Tribe of Noah. Loved ones who will cherish her 
memory always are, three sons, Mr. James S. McNellage of Bronx, N.Y., 
Mr. Bentley McNellage, Jr., of Lane, S.C., and Mr. Joseph McNellage 
(Angela), of Gaithersburg, Md., two daughters, Mrs. Maggie McNellage 
Smith (George) of Lane, S.C., and Mrs. Dorothy Juanita Franklin of 
Philadelphia, Pa. A brother, Mr. George Marion and a step-brother, Mr. 
Willie Marsh, three sisters, Mrs. Ernestine Woods, Mrs. Wilhelmenia 
Bradshaw (Bobby), all of Philadelphia, Pa., Mrs. Mattie Allen (Rev. 
Clifford) of West Bridgewater, Md., and a step-sister, Mrs. Elease 
McDowell of Conn., two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Marthenia Marion of Lake 
Well, Fla., and Mrs. Ruth Marion of Philadelphia, Pa., two 
step-sisters-in-law, Mrs. Susan Woods and Mrs. Florence Woods (Marion)
of Lane, S.C. (The Post and Courier July 4, 2001)
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