J.D. Grindstaff
May 16, 2018
Date of Service: May 17, 2018
Interment Location: Garden of Paradise
J D Grindstaff, age 88 of Elizabethton, Tennessee, passed away on May 16, 2018 from Ivy Hall Nursing Home.
J D was preceded in death by his mother and father, Vaught and Lina Grindstaff. In addition to his parents, his first wife of 32 years Thelma Wright Grindstaff; sisters: Nadine Fisher, Bernice Grindstaff, brothers: Ernest, Orville and Bert.
J D was a loving husband and father and was loved by all who knew him. He worked at North American Rayon Corporation, American Air Filter and Barker’s Drive-thru. He was a United States Navy Veteran and served in World War II. J D was of Baptist faith.
Those left to cherish his memory are his wife of 30 years, Mary Lou Grindstaff, of the home. One daughter, Sue Williams and husband Gary. One grandson, Jamey Williams, wife Carrie and three special great grandchildren Gavin, Harper and Natalie. Sisters: Mary and ( Rev. Bill) Greer, Judy and (Ray) Scholls, Della and (Floyd) Nettles, Erma and the late (Jack) Barker and Ann and (Rev. Odell) Breland and a special sister-in-law Eula Lee Grindstaff. Step children: John Ramey, Tom Ramey, Pamela Burghart and Scott Ramey, and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Special thanks to Judy and Victor Deloach and all their staff at Ivy Hall Nursing Home for the loving care they gave J D for the past 6 years.
The graveside service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, May 17, 2018 at the Happy Valley Cemetery in Elizabethton, Tennessee. Military Honors will be provided by the Carter County Honor Guard.
Active Pallbearers who are requested to assemble at the funeral home at 1:50 p.m. Thursday will be: Billy Grindstaff, Jamey Williams, Gary Williams, Aaron Greer, Ed Thompson, Larry Grindstaff and Scott Ramey.
Pastor Rob Letchner of the Johnson City Seventh-day Adventist Church and Reverend Bill Greer,( J D’s brother-in-law,) of the Watauga Valley Free Will Baptist Church will officiate the graveside service. Family and friends will assemble at the funeral home at 1:50 p.m. Thursday to go to the cemetery. Condoloences may be sent to the family at our web-site www.memorialfcelizabethton.com.
Memorial Funeral Home is serving the family of J D Grindstaff.
