Obituaries:  Jessie Smith Grigsby, 1967, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From:  July 20, 1967 Winn Parish Enterprise-News American

Rites For Mrs. Lee Grigsby, 70, Held Monday

Mrs. Jessie Smith Grigsby, 70, died Sunday, July 16, 1967 at her residence in
Winnfield after a brief illness.  She was the widow of the late Lee Grigsby
who passed away on  June 26.  

Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Monday in the chapel of Southern Funeral
Home of Winnfield with the Rev. W. R. Gage officiating, assisted by the Rev.
Dayton Doughty.

Burial was in the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Winnfield.

Mrs. Grigsby was a native of Lincoln Parish and a member of the First Baptist
Church.

Survivors are four sisters, Mrs. Mignon Oden of Memphis, Tenn., Mrs. Mattie
Smith Colvin and Mrs. Emma Smith Hamilton, both of Dubach and Mrs. Della Smith
Colvin of Shreveport and a number of nieces and nephews including John W.
Riley and Mrs. Roy Gardner of Winnfield.

Pallbearers included Cas B. Moss, Ed Grigsby, A. B. White, Benny Smith, James
Machen, and Carroll Hatcher.