Julie Accetta, a marketing and public relations professional who helped open the Children’s Museum of the Upstate, died June 17, according to an obituary from Thomas McAfee Funeral Homes.
Accetta was born Feb. 15, 1980, in Nashville, Tennessee.
As a child, Accetta was involved with Columbus Children’s Theatre and served as captain of her cheerleading squad at Bishop Watterson High School. When she was 14, she was anchor of a local TV show and was nominated for a regional Emmy.
Accetta was a graduate of The University of Dayton and Regis University in Denver, Colorado.
While in Columbus, she was the director of development and marketing with the Children’s Hunger Alliance and in 2008, she moved to Greenville to help open The Children’s Museum of the Upstate.
Accetta also served as director of community relations at Meals on Wheels Greenville, business advisor at Showcase Marketing and senior director of community and public relations at the Meyer Center for Special Children.
She is preceded in death by her grandparents, William and Helen Rusconi and Goffredo and Arnette Accetta, and her beloved yorkie, Henry.
Accetta is survived by her parents, Pete and Suzanne Accetta; sister Valerie Accetta and her husband, Michael Vizzina; nephew Martin Vizzina and niece Isadora; as well as her partner Lucas Snipes and many aunts, uncles and cousins.
Donations may be made in her memory to Meals on Wheels of Greenville at mealsonwheelsgreenville.org/memorial-donation.
