Suffolk City-Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Grissom, Rev. William A., 2000 

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WILLIAM ALPHONSO GRISSOM 

  The Rev. William A. Grissom, 87, of Whaleyville Blvd., died Feb. 2, 2000. 

  Born Dec. 7, 1912, in Henderson, N.C., he was a son of the late Martin 
Luther and Lenora Askew Grissom.  Mr. Grissom was pastor emeritus of Liberty 
Spring Christian Church and Franklin Christian Church.  He was a member of 
Liberty Spring Christian Church and the Liberty Spring Ruritan Club and during 
World War II, he served as a naval chaplain. 

  Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Mabel Carroll Grissom; his daughters 
and their husbands, Nancy and Charles Bland of Windsor, Peggy and the Rev. 
Eddie Walker of Luray, Judy and Buddy Robinson of Windsor; his sisters, Ava 
Swain, Mary Frances Hoyle, Emma Lou Hoyle, Madge Benton and Dot Jefferson; his 
brothers, the Rev. Martin Grissom Jr. and John L. Grissom; his grandchildren, 
Susan and Kevin Bland, Chris, Brandon and Loren Blythe, Neil and Alex Robinson.

  A funeral will be conducted at 3 p.m. Friday in Liberty Spring Christian 
Church by the Rev. Basil Ballard and the Rev. Tommy Reynolds with burial in 
the church cemetery.  The family will receive friends in the R.W. Baker & Co. 
Funeral Home from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and other times at his daughter's home, 19 
Roberts Ave., Windsor, Va.  In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made 
to the Liberty Spring Christian Church Memorial Fund, 2917 Whaleyville Blvd., 
Suffolk, VA 23434. 


Rev. William Alphonso GRISSOM, Navy chaplain during WW-II, 
pastor emeritus of Liberty Spring & Franklin Christian Church, 
b. 7 Dec 1912, Henderson, NC, d. 2 Feb 2000, 
interred in Liberty Spring Christian Church Cemetery*, 4 Feb 2000, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Feb. 3, 2000, B9 

*Liberty Spring list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/liberty.txt 


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