Mary Elizabeth Cornwell Gordon

Mary Elizabeth Cornwell Gordon, 83, died Monday, October 7, 2024 at her home. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery, 760 Calvary Church Rd, Carlisle, SC with Rev. Mike Black officiating. The family will receive friends after the service.

Mrs. Gordon was born August 28, 1941 in Chester, SC and was the daughter of the late Clyde C. Cornwell and Elizabeth Bankhead Cornwell. She was a 1959 graduate of Chester High School, attended York Tech, and retired after 51 years from the law firm of Hemphill, Hemphill & Coleman (Claude S. Coleman). She was the widow of Carl L. Gordon, Jr. who died in 2005. Mary was a member of Calvary Baptist Church where she was Church Clerk for many years.

She is survived by her daughter, Laura Gordon Bell and her grandson, Michael Gordon Bell; three brothers, John C Cornwell (Dora) of Raleigh, NC, William C. Cornwell (Kaye)  and C. Hughes Cornwell (Becky) all of Chester, SC; nieces Julia Hope Cornwell and Kathy C. Holt; nephews, Jonathan R. Cornwell and Brad Cornwell; her sister-in-law, Kaye Gordon Patrick and her special friends, Stella Wishert and Peggy Wright.

Memorials may be made to Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery, PO Box 1939, Chester, SC 29706.

Online condolences may be made to the family at www.barronfuneralhome.com