CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Elden Grindstaff, 12 Sep 2000
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Elden Grindstaff 

  Elden Grindstaff, 76, 216 Blevins Hollow Road, Elizabethton, died 
Tuesday, September 12, 2000, at his residence following an extended 
illness. 
  Mr. Grindstaff was a native of Carter County and the son of the late 
Robert "Bo" and Tilda Alice Ensor Grindstaff. He was also preceded in 
death by two sisters, Lela Southerland and Bertie Ruth Milhorn. 
  Mr. Grindstaff was a member of Dungan Chapel Baptist Church and a 
retired employee of North American Rayon Corporation with 42 years of 
service. He served with the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific during World 
War II. 
  Survivors include three brothers and two sisters-in-law, Lloyd 
Grindstaff, of the home, Owen and Dee Grindstaff and Marvin and Phyllis 
Grindstaff, all of Elizabethton; four sisters and two brothers-in-law, 
Virginia Grindstaff, of the home, Alma Kehrli, Mary and John Lewis and 
Lois and Roger Carver, all of Elizabethton; two additional brothers-in-
law, Lee Southerland and Billy J. Milhorn, both of Elizabethton; six 
nieces, one nephew; several great-nieces and great-nephews; and a special 
friend, Dot Curtis, Elizabethton. 
  Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, is in charge of arrangements. 
www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick 


  GRINDSTAFF -- Funeral services for Elden Grindstaff, 76, 216 Blevins 
Hollow Road, Elizabethton, who died Tuesday, September 12, 2000, will be 
conducted at 8 p.m. Thursday, September 14, at Tetrick Funeral Home, 
Riverside Chapel, with the Rev. Eric Heaton and the Rev. J.D. Neely 
officiating. Music will be under the direction of Dale Williams, soloist, 
and Joyce Sayler, pianist. Graveside services and interment will be at 2 
p.m. Friday, September 15, at Ensor Cemetery with the Rev. Richard Estep 
officiating. Active pallbearers will be A.D. "Sonny" Fletcher, C.W. Rambo, 
Glen Ensor, Aubrey Ensor, Kyle Nidiffer, Ken Nidiffer, Willis Murray and 
Richard Lewis. Honorary pallbearers will be Roby Williams, H.T. Grindstaff, 
Henry Grindstaff, Denny Bishop, Tom Hoss, Freeman Taylor, J.T. McPherson, 
Clyde Broyles and the Adult Men's Sunday School Class of Dungan Chapel 
Baptist Church. Everyone will meet at the funeral home at 1:15 p.m. Friday 
to go in procession to the cemetery. The family will receive friends from 
6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Friends may also call at the 
residence, 216 Blevins Hollow Road, Elizabethton, any time. Tetrick Funeral 
Home, Riverside Chapel, is in charge of arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.
com/Tetrick