Joe Ivy Gillespie M.D.

GILLESPIE Joe Ivy Gillespie MD, retired physician and surgeon and a third generation physician died on May 30, 2015. Dr. Gillespie received his BA and JD from the University of Mississippi. He received his medical degree from Vanderbilt University and completed his residency in Otorhinolaryngology at Duke University. He was a Fellow of the American Academy of Otolaryngology, Christian Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgeons, and various other professional associations. He began his ENT practice in Augusta, GA in 1966 and retired from Augusta ENT Associates in 1998. He was a member of The Augusta Country Club. He served in the Navy in WWII on the USS Indiana. Throughout his career in medicine, Dr. Gillespie was guided by The Golden Rule and service above self as exemplified in the lives of his father and grandfather. Dr. Gillespie is predeceased by his loving wife of 60 years, Ann Akin Gillespie, of Columbia, TN. He is survived by his son, Joe Ivy Gillespie, Jr, (Kristina)of Naperville, IL and his daughter, Jane Gillespie Brennan (Tom) of Atlantic Beach, FL; eight grandchildren, Catherine Allison Gillespie (Shawn), Joe I. Gillespie, III (Gabriela), Katherine Ann Gillespie, Thomas Edward Brennan, III, Shane Gillespie Brennan, Elizabeth Ann Brennan, John Patrick Brennan, Alissa Marie Brennan; special family member, Marcia (Michael) Paben Garrett; two great-grandchildren, Mary Grace Michael and Julia Martinez Gillespie; sister-in-law, Jean Fritz Gillespie; nephews, Edwin C. Gillespie, III, John Gillespie; and niece, Elizabeth (Betsy) Flexsenhar. Visitation will be held from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m., Thursday, June 4, 2015 in the Chapel of Quinn-Shalz Funeral Home, with the Funeral Service following at 4 p.m., with the Reverend Dr. Michael Wayne Garrett officiating. Graveside services will be held in Memphis, TN Forest Hills Cemetery- Midtown on Elvis Presley Blvd. Gifts in memory of Dr. Gillespie may be made to BEAM, Salvation Army, or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Please visit our online Tribute at www.quinn-shalz.com. Services under the direction and care of Quinn-Shalz Family Funeral Home .