FORSYTH COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Elizabeth Roberta Gilmour Lake, 28 Nov 2002
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Bristol Herald Courier
Wednesday, December 4, 2002

Elizabeth G. Lake
    WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Elizabeth Roberta Gilmour Lake, a resident of Arbor
Acres, died at Fitzgerald Health Center Thursday, Nov. 28, 2002.
     Mrs. Lake was born in Chester, S.C., March 20, 1912. She was the daughter
of the Rev. Dr. Abram David Pollock Gilmour and Elizabeth Monroe Taylor
Gilmour. Mrs. Lake grew up in Wilmington, N.C. She attended Converse College
in Spartanburg, S.C., and spent one year of study abroad at the Sorbonne in
Paris.
     Mrs. Lake married the Rev. Dr. Julian Lake Dec. 28, 1933. They were
married for 65 years. Dr. Lake died Nov. 3, 1999. Mrs. Lake was a longtime
member of The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, the Sorosis
Club and was honored as a lifetime member of the Women of the First
Presbyterian Church of Winston-Salem.
     She and Dr. Lake served the Warrenton Presbyterian Church in Warrenton,
Va., Oakland Avenue Presbyterian Church in Rock Hill, S.C., First Presbyterian
Church in Bristol Tennessee, First Presbyterian Church in Winston-Salem,
Brownson Memorial Presbyterian Church in Southern Pines, N.C., and Shandon
Presbyterian Church in Columbia, S.C., until his retirement in Winston-Salem
in 1972. After Dr. Lake's retirement, they served seven interim pastorates
throughout the Southeast.
     Mrs. Lake's grandparents and parents were instrumental in the
establishment of the Montreat Presbyterian Conference Center in Montreat, N.C.
It was here where the Lakes built the Gilmour-Lake Home "Edgemont" that has
been a beloved family gathering place for many generations. 
     A son, the Rev. Robert Janney Lake; and two brothers, Monroe Taylor
Gilmour and Matthew Pollock Gilmour, preceded Mrs. Lake in death.
     Mrs. Lake is survived by her children, Julian Gilmour Lake and spouse,
Nancy Ball Lake, Elizabeth "Betty" Lake Orr and spouse, Richard Graham Orr, of
Winston-Salem and Margaret Scott "Scottie" Lake Lindsay and spouse, the Rev.
Scott Lindsay, of Charlotte; her grandchildren, London Lake Pickett of
Winston-Salem, Lydia Sheppard Lake of Falls Church, Va., Charles Lamb Cauthen
Jr., Elizabeth Gillmour McLean and Catherine Lake Cauthen, all of Charlotte,
Dr. Robert Scott Lake of Daniel Island, S.C., Julia Lake Shealy of Atlanta,
David Scott Lindsay Jr. of Clinton, S.C., Sarah Lindsay Balsley of Atlanta and
Margaret Lee Lindsay of Charlotte. Also surviving are seven great-
grandchildren.
     A family graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2, 2002,
at Forsyth Memorial Park. A memorial service will follow at 3 p.m. at First
Presbyterian Church in Winston-Salem. The family will remain after the service
to receive friends. Memorials may be made to the Julian and Robert Lake
Scholarship Fund at Davidson College, the Robert Lake Fund at First
Presbyterian Church in Winston-Salem or the Mountain Retreat Association in
Montreat, N.C., earmarked for the Robert Lake Park.
     Vogler and Sons Reynolda Road Chapel is serving the Lake family.


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