Obituary of J. D. Grant, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Kim Wise
Source: Riser Funeral Home
Date: June 2005



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J. D. GRANT
Riser Funeral Home
Columbia, LA.


Services for J. D. Grant, age 86 will be held at 10:00 AM, Monday, 
June 20, 2005 for the chapel of Riser Funeral Home in Columbia with 
Rev. Charlie Hood, chaplain of the War Veteran's Home and Rev. Jeff 
Wyant officiating. He will be laid to rest beside his wife, Hazel at 
the Old Bethel Cemetery west of Clarks.

J. D. Grant, a World War II veteran and a resident of the Northeast 
Louisiana War Veteran's Home passed away on June 17, 2005 at the St. 
Francis Medical Center in Monroe after an extended illness.

Mr. Grant was born in Clarks on July 18, 1918 to the union of Horace 
E. and Alice Youngblood Grant. He was preceded in death by his parents, 
his wife, his brother: Elzie L. Grant and his sister: Ethel Grant Cassells.

Mr. Grant was an avid hunter and fisherman. He served in the Army 
during World War II in the European Theater of operations, surviving 
the landing on the beaches of Normandy on "D" Day.

He retired from Malone and Hyde as a warehouse supervisor, after working 
for Olin-Matheson and the Ammunition plant in Minden until its closure.

His heart was always in Caldwell Parish where he often visited his friends 
and family.

He is survived by his sisters: Effie Crowley, Frances Gilbert and Margie 
Dieffert and numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Earl Wyant, Ron Wyant, Buddy James, Calvin Wyant, Neal 
Walters and Marshall FIsher.

Visitation will be Sunday from 4:00 PM until 9:00 PM and Monday from 9:00 
AM until service time at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia.