CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Etta Oliver Grindstaff, 27 Feb 2005
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Etta Oliver Grindstaff, 93, Jim Deal Road, Elizabethton, died Sunday, February
27, 2005, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital following a brief illness.

Mrs. Grindstaff was a native of Carter County and the daughter of the late
Will and Lizzie Lewis Oliver. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in
death by her husband, Dewey Grindstaff; two brothers, Murray Oliver and George
Oliver; a sister, Pearl Oliver Grindstaff; and a son-in-law, Frank Phillips.

Mrs. Grindstaff was a member of Unaka Baptist Church. She was a retired cook
at Unaka High School.

Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, William Mac and Phyllis
Grindstaff and Dawson and Sandy Grindstaff, all of Elizabethton; two
daughters, Geneva Phillips, Church Hill, and Eudina Bordeaux, Elizabethton;
six grandchildren, Cindy Phillips, Church Hill, Cheryl Hill, Kingsport, Lori
Beam, Elizabethton, Robert Bordeaux, Kingsport, Beau Phillips, Gray, and
Michael Grindstaff, Kingsport; two step-grandchildren, Wayne Calhoun, Gulf
Port, Miss., and Carlena Calhoun, of New Mexico; five great-grandchildren;
three step-great-grandchildren; a special niece, Georgia Ann Arnold,
Elizabethton; a special great-niece, Adina Arnold, Elizabethton; and a special
friend, Kim Bordeaux. Several other nieces and nephews also survive.

Funeral services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, in the Chapel
of Peace of Tetrick Funeral Home with Rev. Walker Roberson and Rev. Bill
Ponder officiating. Music will be under the direction of Dale Williams and
Melissa Elsea. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6
until 8 p.m. Tuesday, prior to the service. The graveside service and
interment will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 2, in the Ensor Cemetery. Active
pallbearers will be Michael Grindstaff, Robbie Bordeaux, Beau Phillips, Gary
Arnold, Leslie Grindstaff and Ricky Oliver. Honorary pallbearers will be
Evelyn Brooks, the Staff of Life Care Center of Elizabethton, the Third Floor
Staff of Sycamore Shoals Hospital, Dr. James Shipley, Dr. Jerry Gastineau and
Rev. Earl Berry. Everyone planning to attend the graveside service are asked
to meet at the funeral home at 10:15 a.m. Wednesday to go in procession to the
cemetery. For those who prefer memorials in lieu of flowers, donations may be
made to the American Cancer Society, c/o Helen Wilson, 209 S. Riverside Drive,
Elizabethton, TN 37643, or to the American Heart Association, 208 Sunset
Drive, Suite 356, Johnson City, TN 37601, or to the Carter County Emergency
and Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 682, Elizabethton, TN 37644. Online condolences may
be sent to the Grindstaff family through our Web site at
www.tetrickfuneralhome.com.

Tetrick Funeral Home, 211 North Riverside Drive, Elizabethton, (423) 542-2232,
is in charge of arrangements.


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