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List of names in this file:
Emma Oakes Grigsby
Smith Grigsby

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Submitter: Greggory E. Davies
Date: 20 June 2004
Source: Winn News American
July 28, 1939

Mrs. Emma Oakes Grigsby Dies At Her Shreveport Home

Funeral Services Held at Shreveport Last Saturday

Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Oakes Grigsby, 77, who died late
Friday at her home in Shreveport, were held at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at
the Osburn Funeral Chapel with Dean R. E. Smith officiating.
Interment was at the Forest Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Grigsby, widow of Smith Grigsby, was born in Selma, Alabama in
1861.  She had lived in Shreveport for the past 26 years, moving
there from Arcadia.

She is survived by seven children and seven grandchildren.  The
children are Mrs. Roland C. Gibbs and Mrs. George W. Morgan of
Shreveport; Mrs. Kate L. Bragg of Corpus Christi, Texas; Wiley S.
and Paxton H. Grigsby of Shreveport; William T. Grigsby of New
Orleans; and Garland O. Grigsby of Lake Charles.

Grandchildren are Frank Wright and Martha Grigsby of Winnfield; Bryn
B. Gibbs of Shreveport; Ms. A. C. Coorpender of Homer; Mildred and
Sarah Grigsby of New Orleans, and Emily Jo Morgan of Shreveport.
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Submitter: Greggory E. Davies
Date: 20 June 2004
Source: Winnfield News-American
April 30, 1937
Mrs. Frank Grigsby and daughter, Miss Margaret Grigsby and son
Frank W. Grigsby, were called to Shreveport Sunday on account of
the death of Smith Grigsby, father in law and grandfather, whose funeral was
held that day.
Mr. Grigsby, age 76, and well known citizen of Shreveport, died
Friday night, being found dead in his bed Saturday morning when a
servant went to call him for breakfast.
Surviving the deceased are his widow and seven children who are:
Mrs. Roland Giggs, W. T. Grigsby, Mt. Lebanon, La., W. S. Grigsby
and Paxton Grigsby of 1836 Irving Place, Garland G. Grigsby of Lake
Charles, La., Mrs. Kate Bragg of Corpus Christi, Texas, and Mrs. George
Morgan; also seven grandchildren. His son, Frank Grigsby, who resided here,
passed away in 1935.
The deceased was a member of the Four Square Bible Class. He was
born in Simsboro, La., Sept. 8, 1861.
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