Duval County FlArchives Obituaries.....Grimsley, Shearvard Benjamin 1963
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The Florida Times-Union
Shearvard Benjamin Grimsley was born 7-17-1892 in Twiggs County, Georgia and 
died 6-18-1963 in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida and is buried at 
Greenlawn cemetery in Jacksonville (Fl. DC # 63-027199).
 
Jim Carroll  Obituary Below
 
From The Florida Times-Union  6-18-1963
 
                                                                                
                           Grimsley

Funeral services for Shearvard Benjamin Grimsley, operator of Springfield 
Barber Shop, will be held at 4PM Thursday in the Franklin Street Baptist 
Church,2521 Franklin Street, with Rev. B. M. Cooledge, pastor, and Rev. Herbert 
B. Goodroe, pastor of Forest Hill Baptist Church, officiating. The body will 
rest in the church from 3PM until the funeral hour. Burial will be in Greenlawn 
Cemetery, under the direction of Estes-Krauss Funeral Home. Mr. Grimsley, who 
lived at 1820 Hubbard Street, died Tuesday in a local hospital. He was born in 
Georgia and had lived in Jacksonville since 1939. He was a member of Franklin 
Street Baptist Church, Cool Spring Masonic Lodge 185 in Danville, Ga., and was 
a member of Carpenter's Local 627 for a number of years. Survivors include his 
widow, Mrs. Bessie Grimsley; two daughters, Mrs. E. W. Troupe and Mrs. Lois 
Grimsley Powell; and two sons, William B. and Bob Horace Grimsley, all of 
Jacksonville; nine sisters, Mrs. Wilburn Brooks, Mrs. J. A. Anderson, Mrs. J. 
F. Martin, and Mrs. Clara Fountain, all of Jacksonville, Mrs. Beatrice Hardgree 
of Macon, Ga., Mrs. Sadle Caleel of Detriot, Mich., Mrs. Alma McGatha of 
Columbus, Ohio, Mrs. Susie Johnson of Milner, Ga., and Mrs. Dolly Young of Dry 
Branch, Ga.; five brothers, J. H., J. L., and Calvin Grimsley, all of 
Jacksonville and William and Charlie Grimsley of Macon, Ga.; five 
grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Honorary 
pallbearers will be John Maxim, W. W. McQuerry, R. M. Scoates, and Deacons of 
Franklin Street Baptist Church; active will be C. C. Howell, J. C. Walker, T. 
A. Thompson, J. T. Braddy, Talmadge Leelie, and Frank Williams. Pallbearers 
will meet at the church at 3:45PM


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