CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Chelsa D. Grindstaff, 5 Apr 2000
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Chelsa D. Grindstaff
4/7/00 

   Chelsa D. Grindstaff, 89, 115 Mill Creek Road, Elizabethton, died 
Wednesday, April 5, 2000, at the home of her daughter, Imogene Dykes, 
702 Johnson Avenue, Elizabethton, following a brief illness.
   Mrs. Grindstaff was a native of Carter County and the daughter of the 
late Jacob and Carrie Greenwell Grindstaff. She was also preceded in death 
by her husband, George T. Grindstaff; a brother, Dewey Grindstaff; a sister 
and brother-in-law, Helen and Woodrow Smith; a brother-in-law, Bob Rose; 
and a son-in-law, Donald Dykes.
   Mrs. Grindstaff was an active member of Dungan's Chapel Baptist Church 
where she had served as Training Union secretary for many years.
   Survivors include three daughters and two sons-in-law, Imogene Dykes, 
Kate and Gordon Rodgers and Janice and Doug Fair, all of Elizabethton; a 
son and daughter-in-law, Harold and Rosemary Grindstaff, Brook Park, Ohio; 
a sister, Stella Rose, Loudon, Tenn.; two special granddaughters, Denise 
Ensor and Cathie Bowers, both of Elizabethton; a sister-in-law, Etta 
Grindstaff, Elizabethton; and four special friends, Beryl Ensor, Hazel 
Spears, Alma Kehrli and Sharon Livingston, all of Elizabethton. Twelve 
grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren also survive.
   Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, (423) 542-2232, is in charge of 
arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick

   GRINDSTAFF -- Funeral services for Chelsa D. Grindstaff, 89, 115 Mill 
Creek Road, Elizabethton, who died Wednesday, April 5, 2000, will be 
conducted at 8 p.m. Friday, April 7, at Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside 
Chapel, with Rev. Richard Estep, Rev. Eric Heaton and Rev. Walker Roberson 
officiating. Music will be under the direction of Dale Williams. Graveside 
services and interment will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 8, at Ensor 
Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be grandsons and nephews. Honorary 
pallbearers will be the Deacons of Dungan's Chapel Baptist Church, Dr. 
C.J. Wells and Dr. Scott Caudle. Everyone will meet at the cemetery at 
10:50 a.m. Saturday for the service. The family will receive friends 
from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Friends may also call at 
the residence of a daughter, Janice Fair, 113 Mill Creek Road, Elizabethton, 
any time. Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, (423) 542-2232, is in 
charge of arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick