To request a copy of this photo for your own personal use, please contact our state coordinator. If you are not a family member or the original photographer — please refrain from copying or distributing this photo to other websites.
Thank you for visiting the Arkansas Gravestone Photo Project. On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in Arkansas, we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.
Submitted: 7/14/17 • Approved: 7/15/17 • Last Updated: 7/18/17 • R1187953-G0-S3
June 14, 1990 - June 15, 2014
*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Times
Friday, June 20, 2014
SPRINGDALE — Lorianne Gillespie, 24, of Springdale passed away June 15, 2014. She was born to Samuel Melvin and Lorraine Diane Gillespie on June 14, 1990, in Shreveport, La.
Lorianne graduated from Greenland High School in 2008 and from the University of Arkansas with a BS degree in biology/pre-med in 2012.
Lorianne had such a contagious smile and personable nature. She was kind and generous, and easily made friends with everyone she met.
She was known for her beautiful, auburn hair. Fittingly, her Indian name means, "Girl with Fire in her Hair," but her family called her "Bo." She would light up the room with her fun spirit and bubbly personality.
She loved spending time outdoors with her family, including wakeboarding and waterskiing at the lake and snowboarding in the winter.
She excelled in anything she set out to try. Her favorite thing was her dog, Taco, and they were inseparable.
Lorianne is survived by her parents, Sam and Lorraine; her brother, Van, and sister-in-law, Kimi, and nephew, Benjamin Baux.
A funeral will be held Saturday, June 21, at 11 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 6738 Lynch's Prairie Cove in Springdale.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Nelson-Berna Funeral Home.
To sign the online guest book, please visit www.nelsonberna.com.
Contributed on 7/14/17 by judyfrog
Email This Contributor
Suggest a Correction
Record #: 1187953