Dorthy Grigsby^{[1, 2]}

1923 - 2003  (79 years)

• Name	Dorthy Grigsby
  Born	18 Dec 1923	Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Died	19 Jul 2003	Del Rio, Cocke County, Tennessee   [3]
  Buried	Clark Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee   [4]
  Person ID	I85445	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	Jacob Roy Willis,   b. 12 Mar 1918, Tennessee ,   d. 14 Apr 2001  (Age 83 years)
  Children	+ 1. Betty Willis + 2. Lorene Willis + 3. Roy Arvin Willis + 4. Joyce Willis + 5. James Esten Willis + 6. Danny Lee Willis
  Family ID	F31236	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 18 Dec 1923 - Tennessee Died - 19 Jul 2003 - Del Rio, Cocke County, Tennessee Buried - - Clark Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 286, 373. [S112] Census, 1930. Name: Dartha Grigsby Event: Census Event Date: 1930 Event Place: District 1, Cocke, Tennessee Gender: Female Age: 5 Marital Status: Single Race: White Birthplace: Tennessee Estimated Birth Year: 1925 Immigration Year: Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Enumeration District Number: 2 Family Number: 41 Sheet Number and Letter: 3A Line Number: 6 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 [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 19 Jul 2003. Dorthy Grigsby Willis, 79, of Del Rio, loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, went home to be with her Lord on Saturday, July 19, 2003, at her residence. She was a homemaker and a member of the Del Rio First Church of God. Her husband, Roy Willis; parents, Waitsel and Latha (Clark) Grigsby; grandson, Kevin Ray Hill; sister, Mae Self; and brothers, Denton and Charlie Grigsby, preceded her in death. She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law: Roy Arvin and Margaret (Green) Willis, of Del Rio; James Esten and Juanita (Wilds) Willis, of Del Rio; and Danny Lee and April (French) Willis, of Dandridge; daughters and sons-in-law: Betty and Burnett Ray Hill, of Del Rio; Lorene and Carl Byrd, of New Market; and Joyce and Wayne Ellison, of Newport; sisters: Maudie Stokely and her husband, David, of Del Rio, and Lucille Stokely and her husband, Cline, of Del Rio; brothers: Claude Grigsby and his wife, Beaulah, of Del Rio; Johnny Grigsby and his wife, Shirley, of Del Rio; Junior Grigsby and his wife, Mary, of Jacksonville, Fl.; eleven grandchildren; one step-grandson; eighteen great-grandchildren; and two step-great-grandsons. Mrs. Willis will also be missed by several nieces, nephews, church family, and special friends. Funeral service will be Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at 2:00 p.m. at Brown Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Robert Ashley and Rev. Eugene Barker officiating. Interment will follow at Clark Cemetery at Deep Gap. The family will receive friends Tuesday evening, July 22, 2003, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Brown Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Mrs. Willis’s grandsons and great-grandsons. Brown Funeral Home has been honored to provide the final arrangements for Mrs. Dorthy Grigsby Willis. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 86509127).