Elizabeth Medley Gaston Palanisamy Obituary

We are sad to announce that on November 17, 2023, Elizabeth Medley Gaston Palanisamy of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, born in Atlanta, Georgia passed away. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.

She was loved and cherished by many people including : her husband Loke Palanisamy; her son Arlo of Chapel Hill; her parents, Greg Gaston and Amy Gaston of Asheville; her brother Hank; her sister-in-law Michelle; her nephews, Asher and Ryland of Pineville; her parents-in-law, Palanisamy, Rajeswari of Salem and Tamil Nadu; her brothers-in-law, Priya and Thiru; her nieces, Dhiya, Akshaya of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Ishu and Aswin; her grandmother Coralyn Gaston of Waycross, Georgia; her aunts and uncles, Larry (Nancy Jackson), Pamela Jackson of Fernandina Beach, Florida, Joanne Hoffman of Taylors, Kish (Al Stevens), Joseph (Maureen Jackson), Van Gaston of Jacksonville, Florida, Lyn and John Jacobs of Waycross, Georgia; her cousins, Stacey, Joe Jackson, Megan, Chris Jackson, Sheri, Stephen Jackson, Giles Jackson, Kenny, Allison Tucker, Morgan Stevens, Parker Gaston, Audrey, Emma and Cori Jacobs; her brother Scott McAfee Gaston; her grandparents, Anne, Joe Jackson and Charles Gaston; her uncles, Steve Jackson, Lew Hoffman and Britt Gaston; her cousin Chase Gaston; and also Nyra of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Marrying during the start of the Covid lockdown, they found a judge who would perform a Zoom wedding and casually asked their family to join them on a Wednesday afternoon as they performed their nuptials.