1. | William Elbert Grindstaff was born on 1 Feb 1892 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 17 Apr 1948 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Elizabethton, , Carter County, Tennessee. Notes:
"Elizabethton Star," Monday, April 19, 1948
WILLIAM ELBERT GRINDSTAFF
William Elbert Grindstaff, 55, died suddenly Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
Mr. Grindstaff was an employee of the Tennessee Chair Factory for the past six years. He was a member of the Dungan Chapel Baptist Church.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Sinnie Grindstaff; two sons, Warren P. Grindstaff, Crawford D. Grindstaff, of Route 5, Elizabethton; six daughters, Mrs. William A. Bowers, Route 2, Elizabethton; Mrs. Dayton Payne, Route 1, Elizabethton; Blanche, Hazel, Willa Mae, and Phyllis Jane Grindstaff of Route 5, Elizabethton; four grandchildren, parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Grindstaff, Route 2, Elizabethton; four brothers, Clayton C. Grindstaff, Route 5, Elizabethton; David M. Grindstaff, Route 2, Elizabethton; John Grindstaff, Big Stone Gap, Va., and Cecil Grindstaff, Roda, Va.; three sisters, Mrs. Dayton Campbell, Route 5, Elizabethton, Mrs. Letha Garland, Route 5, Elizabethton, and Mrs. Coy Cable, Route 4, Elizabethton.
Active pallbearers are Walter Grindstaff, George Collins, Jim Cable, James Estep, Wilburn Grindstaff, and Clyde Peters.
Flower bearers are Louise Sandifer, Annie and Cora Collins, Iona Estep, Ida Grindstaff, Christine Taylor, Mary Belle Richardson, Geraldine and Lucille Eggers.
Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. at the Dungan Chapel Baptist Church with the Rev. Mac Hodge officiating.
Burial will be in the Ensor Cemetery.
The body was returned to the home, Route 5, Elizabethton, this morning and will remain there until 1:30 p.m. Tuesday when it will be taken to the church to lie in state one hour before time for the funeral.
Roy Hathaway Funeral Home is in charge.
Family/Spouse: Sinnie Griffey. Sinnie (daughter of George Washington Griffey and Nancy Catharine Smith) was born in Feb 1894 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died in 1965; was buried in Elizabethton, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
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- 4. Warren Paul Grindstaff
was born on 13 Nov 1920 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 22 Oct 2005 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Ensor Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee.
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- 6. Crawford Bradley Grindstaff
was born on 9 Dec 1925 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died in Aug 1982 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Caldwell Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee.
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