TITLE:  Harriet Todd Gallant

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier, June 8, 2001

SUBMITTED:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED:  Kim Grissom, June 2001

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Harriet Todd Gallant, 91, resident of 18 Royal Oak Villas, widow of 
Paul M. Gallant, died June 7, 2001, at her home. Born in Laurens, 
October 9, 1909, she was a daughter of the late Albert Creswell and 
Eva Brownlee Todd. After graduation from Laurens High School, she 
obtained an AB degree from Agnes Scott College and Masters Degree in 
Library Science from Emory University. Mrs. Gallant taught high school 
Latin in Elloree, Newberry and Greenwood and was a librarian at 
Spartanburg High School. A member of First Presbyterian Church in 
Greenwood and the Mary Giles Sunday School Class, Mrs. Gallant was 
also a member of the Greenwood Woman's Club and the Lotus Garden Club. 
She served on the Board of Visitors of the University of South Carolina
. Mrs. Gallant enjoyed many years as a member of several bridge clubs, 
book clubs and a rook club. She was the oldest living member of the 
Star Fort Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution. She is 
survived by a step-son, Paul Dial Gallant of Greenville, two 
step-grandchildren, Tracy Gallant Walker of Columbia and Kenneth 
Gallant of Jacksonville, Fla., her sister-in-law, Mrs. Albert C. 
(Marjorie) Todd of Greenwood, her niece and nephews, Albert C. Todd, 
III, of Columbia, Mrs. Paul J. (Ann Todd) Nodtvedt of Isle of Palms, 
and James L. Todd of Charlotte, N.C., four great nieces and six great 
nephews. She is also survived by her close companions and care givers 
for the past several years, Jamesetta Perlotte Duncan, Marlene Perlotte
and Sharon Perlotte Dunbar. Funeral services will be conducted at 12 
noon, Saturday, at the First Presbyterian Church Chapel with Dr. John 
Wall and Rev. John White officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood 
Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be Andrew Todd, David Todd, John 
Todd, Matthew Nodtvedt, Dr. Lee Goldstein, James E. McDonald, James 
Perlotte, and Jake Duffie. The body is at BLYTH FUNERAL HOME and will 
be placed in the Chapel at 11 a.m., Saturday. The family is at the home
in Royal Oak and will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 8 
p.m., Friday evening. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that 
memorials may be sent to Thornwell Home for Children, P.O. Box 60, 
Clinton, S.C. 29325, or to Hospice Care of the Piedmont, 408 W. 
Alexander Ave., Greenwood, S.C. 29646. BLYTH FUNERAL HOME IS IN CHARGE.
(The Post and Courier June 8, 2001)

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