Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Grissom, Vance D., 1977 

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VANCE DEBRO GRISSOM

Vance Debro Grissom, 59, of Courtland, Va., died Monday morning in a local 
hospital.  He was the husband of Mrs. Jennie Scott Grissom; he was a member of 
the Courtland Baptist Church, Sunday School teacher for many years; member of 
the Board of Trustees and former deacon; he was a member of the Courtland 
Ruritan Club; and served many years on the Advisory Board of Southern States 
Coop.; and was a prominent farmer.  Surviving besides his wife, is one 
daughter, Mrs. Mary Grissom Asacraft of Cheraw, S.C.; one son, Edward Scott 
Grissom of Courtland; two brothers, J.L. Grissom of Courtland , R.E. Grissom 
of Chesapeake; three sisters, Mrs. Bessie H. Baker and Mrs. Adeline Kitchen, 
both of Courtland, Mrs. Cornelis G. Gordon of Rocky Mount, N.C.; four 
grandchildren.  A funeral service will be held Wednesday at 3 P.M. graveside 
at Riverside Cemetery by the Rev. Edmund Ellis and the Rev. Norman Blythe. 
Arrangements by the Wright Funeral Home.


Vance Debro GRISSOM, of Courtland, farmer, 
NC native, d. 16 May 1977, age 59, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section I, Plot 40B*), Courtland, 
   18 May 1977, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Tues., May 17, 1977, p. 14 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 30, 1948, p. 14) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g625e1ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 11, 1949, p. 15) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g625b1ob.txt 


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