Mitchell County NcArchives Obituaries.....Grindstaff, Ruby October 21, 2005
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Mitchell News-Journal 10/26/05 
RUBY GRINDSTAFF 

BAKERSVILLE - Ruby Whitson Grindstaff, 86, of Water Street, Bakersville, died 
Friday, Oct. 21, 2005 at her home. A native of Mitchell County, she was the 
daughter of the late John and Bertha Thomas Whitson and the wife of the late 
Vernon Grindstaff, Sr. who passed away in 2000. During her childhood and 
adolescent years she attended the Tipton Hill United Methodist Church. After 
her marriage to Vernon Grindstaff, Sr. she became a member of the Silver Chapel 
Baptist church where she served as a Sunday School Teacher and sang in the 
church choir. She was preceded in death by a great grandson, Nahum Grindstaff.

Survivors include a daughter: Joan McKinney, Bakersville; three sons: Gerald 
Grindstaff, Harold Grindstaff, Vernon Grindstaff, Jr, all of Bakersville; a 
brother, Sherwood Whitson, of Burnsville; four grandsons; 11 great 
grandchildren; and two great great grandchildren. 
Funeral services were held on Monday, Oct. 24, 2005 at 2 p.m. at the Silver 
Chapel Baptist Church. The Rev's. Jonathan Thacker, Jay Orr, Harold Grindstaff, 
and Matthew Grindstaff officiated the services. The family received friends 
Sunday from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. at Webb Funeral Home. Burial was in the Silver 
Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery.






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