Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries


Corsicana Daily Sun
February 27, 2008

Edward Veain Granville

Edward Veain Granville passed away on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008, at the age of 90, 
after a brief illness. He was born in the community of Round Prairie, located 
in Freestone County, on Feb. 15, 1918, the fourth of five children born to
parents Antwine and Nillie Beavers Granville. He was preceded in death by his 
parents, siblings Bernice, Antwine, Onie and Artrie, and his first wife Minnie
Gardner Granville.

The family moved to Corsicana when Ed was 11 years of age so the children could
receive more education than that provided in Freestone County. Following 
graduation from Jackson High School in 1937, Ed and his brothers Onie and Artrie
entered Huston-Tillotson College in the fall of that year. Ed’s studies were 
interrupted in February 1942, when he was drafted to serve in the U.S. Army in
World War II. He served as CWO in Africa and Europe in a unit under the command
of Gen. George Patton. After discharge from service at the end of the war in 
1945, he joined the family in Berkeley, Calif., and later moved with the family 
to Los Angeles, Calif. He later returned to college and completed studies for
the B.A. degree in education and mathematics in 1950.

In Los Angeles, Ed and his brother Onie established and operated a clothing 
shop, a cleaners, and Granville and Granville Steak House, a restaurant that 
attracted many luminaries from Hollywood. These ventures were interrupted when
Ed was called back into service during the Korean War; he served at the rank of
first lieutenant at Nahbollenbach Quartermaster Depot in Germany for three and 
a half years. When discharged again from the service, Ed and his brother Onie 
established Granville and Granville Real Estate Company and Quality Escrow 
Company, businesses operated by the brothers for over 40 years. Ed retired in 
1983 and moved to the Prairie Creek community close to Tyler. In 2002 Ed and 
his wife relocated to Corsicana. Ed was an active member of St. Andrew’s United 
Methodist Church.

Ed leaves his wife, Evelyn Boyd Granville; daughters and sons-in-law, Antha and
Dan Feil and Sandra and Richard Locklear; grandchildren, Richard and Jonathan 
Locklear and Michelle Bush; great-grandson, Khalil Bush; a devoted cousin, 
James Ingram; many other relatives and a host of friends.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 1, at St. Andrew’s 
United Methodist Church with Pastor Jonathan Mellette, Pastor Bob Rainey and 
Dr. George Procter-Smith officiating. Interment will be at Woodland Cemetery.

Wardell Allen, Wardell Black, Robert Coleman, Jake Griffin, Jimmy Mathis, Arnes
Purdy, Robert Tarbutton and Charles Williams will serve as pallbearers. Ted 
Green, Maurice Haynes and Henry White will serve as honorary pallbearers.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Huston-Tillotson 
University, St. Andrew’s UMC Youth Ministry, or a charity of one’s choosing.

Arrangements by Scott Funeral Home.