Mitchell County NcArchives Obituaries.....Grindstaff, Ruby October 21, 2005 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Julia Williams Kodak Jkodak@aol.com November 8, 2005, 4:04 pm Mitchell News Journal 11/02/2005 RUBY GRINDSTAFF BAKERSVILLE - Ruby Grindstaff, 86, of Water Street, died Friday, Oct. 21, 2005 at her home. She was the daughter of the late John and Bertha Thomas Whitson, and wife of the late Vernon Grindstaff Sr. She was also preceded in death by a great grandson, Nahum Grindstaff. She was a member of Silver Chapel Baptist Church, where she served as Sunday School teacher and sang in the choir. Survivors include a daughter, Joan McKinney of Bakersville; three sons, Gerald, Vernon Jr. and Harold Grindstaff, all of Bakersville; one brother, Sherwood Whitson of Burnsville; four grandsons; 11 great grandchildren; and two great great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at Silver Chapel Baptist Church. Revs. Jonathan Thacker, Jay Orr, Harold Grindstaff and Matthew Grindstaff officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. The family received friends from 5-7 p.m. Sunday at Webb Funeral Home in Spruce Pine. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/mitchell/obits/g/grindsta80gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb