Claude Grigsby^{[1, 2]}

1926 - 2011  (84 years)

• Name	Claude Grigsby
  Born	5 Oct 1926	Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Feb 2011	Del Rio, Cocke County, Tennessee   [3]
  Buried	20 Feb 2011	Clark Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee   [4]
  Person ID	I85304	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2017

  
  

  Father	Dewey Waitsel Grigsby,   b. 31 Aug 1899, Tennessee ,   d. 22 Jul 1984, Jefferson County, Tennessee  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Latha Ellen Clark,   b. 1 Mar 1900, Tennessee ,   d. 10 Jul 1991, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F31192	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Beulah Willis,   b. 6 Jan 1929, Tennessee  (Age 95 years)
  Married	2 Dec 1949	Cocke County, Tennessee   [5]
  Children	+ 1. James Dewey Grigsby,   b. 19 Sep 1950  (Age 74 years) + 2. Reva Ann Grigsby,   b. 3 Jun 1953  (Age 71 years)   3. Doris June Grigsby,   b. 15 Nov 1955  (Age 69 years) + 4. Sharon Claudean Grigsby,   b. 18 May 1957  (Age 67 years) + 5. Wilma Carolyn Grigsby,   b. 28 Jun 1959  (Age 65 years)   6. Claude Eugene Grigsby,   b. 24 Mar 1961  (Age 63 years)   7. Mary Kathleen Grigsby,   b. 15 Jan 1967  (Age 57 years) + 8. Linda Louise Grigsby,   b. 3 Aug 1969  (Age 55 years)   9. David Arnold Grigsby,   b. 28 Mar 1971  (Age 53 years) + 10. Loretta Marie Grigsby,   b. 28 Sep 1972  (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F28084	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 5 Oct 1926 - Tennessee Married - 2 Dec 1949 - Cocke County, Tennessee Died - 16 Feb 2011 - Del Rio, Cocke County, Tennessee Buried - 20 Feb 2011 - Clark Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 118, 286. [S112] Census, 1930. Name: Claud Grigsby Event: Census Event Date: 1930 Event Place: District 1, Cocke, Tennessee Gender: Male Age: 3 Marital Status: Single Race: White Birthplace: Tennessee Estimated Birth Year: 1927 Immigration Year: Relationship to Head of Household: Son Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Enumeration District Number: 2 Family Number: 41 Sheet Number and Letter: 3A Line Number: 7 NARA Publication: T626, roll 2238 Film Number: 2341972 Digital Folder Number: 4548152 Image Number: 00035 Household Gender Age Parent Waitsel Grigsby M 29 Parent Latha H Grigsby F 30 May Grigsby F 10 Charlie Grigsby M 8 Dartha Grigsby F 5 Claud Grigsby M 3 Lucile Grigsby F 1 [S124] Brown Funeral Home, Newport, Tennessee, (http://www.newportfunerals.com), 16 Feb 2011. Claude Grigsby, age 84, passed away on Wednesday, February 16, 2011, at his home in Del Rio. He was preceded in death by his parents, Waitsel and Latha (Clark) Grigsby; sisters, Mae Self and Dorothy Willis, and brothers, Charlie and Denton Grigsby. He is survived by his devoted wife of 61 years, Beulah Willis Grigsby; daughters, Reva (Gary) Freeman, Carolyn (Billy) Reece of Parrotteville, Kathleen (Jack) Davis, Linda (Roger) Roberts of Newport, Doris (Freddy ) Reece , Sharon (Dennis) Moore and Loretta (David) Brooks of Del Rio; sons, Dewey (Brenda) Grigsby, Eugene(Peggy) Grigsby, and David( Tracy) Grigsby of Del Rio. 18 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great-grandchildren; brothers, John Lewis Grigsby of Del Rio, and Dewey Waitsel Grigsby, Jr. of Jacksonville, FL; sisters, Lucille Stokely, Maudie Kate Stokely, and a special sister- in- law, Marie Grigsby of Del Rio. A special thanks to the staff at Smoky Mountain Home Health and Hospice. Funeral services will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 19, 2011, in the chapel of Brown funeral Home, with Bro. Todd St. John officiating. The family will receive friends from 5:00-7:00 p.m. prior to the service. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 20, 2011 at Clark Cemetery-Deep Gap. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 86509347). [S58] Marriage Certificate. Name: Claude Grigsby Titles and Terms: Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 02 Dec 1949 Event Place: Cocke, Tennessee, United States Age: 23 Birth Year (Estimated): 1926 Father's Name: Father's Titles and Terms: Mother's Name: Mother's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Name: Beulah Willis Spouse's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Age: 20 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1929 Spouse's Father's Name: Spouse's Father's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Mother's Name: Spouse's Mother's Titles and Terms: Reference ID: 446 GS Film number: 1928652 Digital Folder Number: 004485967 Image Number: 00271