James Calvin Bledsoe

Clinton, SC

James Calvin Bledsoe, 75 passed away Saturday, March 24th which was also his and Ellen’s 50th Wedding Anniversary.
He was born in Saluda County and was a son of the late Jessie Otis and Olivia Turner Bledsoe.
Calvin was a US Army veteran and member of the Cornerstone Baptist Church. He was a former employee of the Greenville News circulation department and worked as a funeral attendant with Gray Funeral Home for over 30 years.
Surviving are his wife of 50 years, Ellen Marina Mellard Bledsoe; sons, James “Skeeter” Bledsoe and wife, Susan of Greenwood, Allen Bledsoe and wife, Denise of Albertville, AL and David Bledsoe and wife, Cari of Athens, AL; grandchildren, Michael Bledsoe and wife, Heather, Joshua Bledsoe and wife Staci, Ariel Bledsoe , Madison and Lauren Bledsoe; one brother, O. Narvin Bledsoe of Edgefield; two sisters, Ruth Cumbie and husband, Harold of Ridge Springs and Ora “Tammy” Screws and husband, Wade of Graniteville and a sister-in-law, Pearlious M. Bledsoe.
He was predeceased by his brothers, Harold G. Bledsoe and Albert Denver Bledsoe and two infant sisters.
Graveside services will be conducted Monday, March 26th at 3:00 p.m. at the Pinelawn Memory Gardens by Rev. Wayne Morgan.
The family will receive friends before the graveside service at Gray Funeral Home, Monday from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. .
Memorials may be made to the New Covenant Baptist Church, 104 W. Alabama Avenue, Suite D, Albertville, AL 35950 or First Freewill Baptist Church, 1510 E. Durst Ave., Greenwood, SC 29649.
Condolences may be expressed online at www.grayfuneralhome.com
Gray Funeral Home of Clinton