Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Grindstaff, Herbert H October 16, 2006
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Elizabethton Star  Oct 18, 2006
Herbert H. Grindstaff 





    Herbert Hoover Grindstaff, 78, 1262 Dry Creek Road, Elizabethton, died 

Monday Oct. 16, 2006, in the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center following a 

brief illness. 





    A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Isaac Wilburn and 

Alice Richardson Grindstaff. He was a retired employee of Tri-City Plating. 





    He was preceded in death by three brothers, Paul, Luther and Walt 

Grindstaff; and four sisters, Nettie Sturm, Alma Grindstaff, Edith Fair and 

Vernie Richardson. 





    He was of the Baptist Faith. He honorably served his country in the U.S. 

Army and was a Veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was a member of the V.F.W. 

Post 2166. 





    Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Edna Mae Chesser Grindstaff; one 

son and daughter-in-law, Bruce and Kay Grindstaff, Telford; two daughters and 

sons-in-law, Teresa and Joe Cole and Wanda and John Randolph, all of 

Elizabethton; one brother, William Parker Grindstaff, Powder Branch; six 

grandchildren, Laura Buchanan, Justin Randolph, Jamie Cole, Joe Cole, Crystal 

Wilson and Candace Holland; and six great- grandchildren. 





    Funeral Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Memorial Funeral 

Chapel with the Rev. Arnold Hensley officiating. Graveside service and 

interment will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Lyons Chapel Cemetery. Active 

pallbearers, who are requested to assemble at the cemetery at 10:50 a.m. 

Thursday, will be, Steve Buchanan, David Humphrey, Joe L. Cole, Joe W. Cole, 

John Randolph and Justin Randolph. Honorary pallbearers will be, Sam Chesser, 

Bobby Jarrett, Bo Ellison, J.B. Wilson, Troy Brown and Doug Graybeal. The 

family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home. 

Friends may also call at his residence. Military honors will be provided by 

the Tennessee National Guard. Family and friends will assemble at the cemetery 

at 10:50 a.m. Thursday. Online condolences to the Grindstaff family may be e-

mailed to mfc@charterten.net. Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of the 

arrangements. 



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