Trent Allen Gillespie was born December 3, 1972 in Cincinnati, OH to the parents of Samuel Allen Gillespie and Veronica Hayden Gillespie. Trent attended Houston Elementary and graduated with honors and was the Valedictorian of his senior class at Northwest Senior High School in Cincinnati, OH.

Trent was an incredibly bright young man and always excelled academically especially in Physics and Chemistry. He also attended Ohio University and studied Forensic Chemistry. For 21 years, Trent worked as an outstanding employee at the WalMart corporation and was a well respected friend and co-worker.

Trent was a great conversationist, a patient listener and incredibly inquisitive. He was an avid learner and full of knowledge of history, science. and more. He was the epitome of a TREKKIE. Growing up, Trent could be found watching hours of episodes of Star Trek and one of his favorite foods was LaRosa’s pizza in Cincinnati.

Trent loved his family and always sent cards and gifts on birthdays. He was grounded spiritually and had a strong faith in the Most High God of the Bible. Trent was preceded in death by his mother, Veronica Hayden Gillespie, his father, Samuel Allen Gillespie, two older brothers Royal Leon Jordan and Scott Frederick Jordan. Left to cherish his memory are his brothers Kurt Monroe Jordan and David Michael, his only two sisters Pamela Baugham and April Joy, and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews who will miss him dearly.