Individual Details

The Indian Journal, Thursday May 11, 2000: Erma G. Grigsby was born July 4, 1918 in Eufaula to Jim and Laura (Sparks) Cowan, and died Tuesday, May 2, 2000 in Eufaula. Grave side services were May 6 at Greenlawn Cemetery under the direction of Smith Funeral Home of Checotah. Survivors include her husband of more than 55 years, Albert Lee Grigsby; two daughters, Jimmie Gale Montgomery of Eufaula and Iris Ann Edwards of Checotah; two brothers, Yale Cowan of Checotah, and Don Cowan of Henryetta; two sisters, Fern Pendergraff of Henryetta and Olean Reeves of Eufaula; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and a son, Jerry F. Wood.

Birth	4 Jul 1918	Eufaula, McIntosh Co., Oklahoma
Marriage	Jul 1945	Fort Smith, Sebastian Co., Arkansas - Albert Lee Grigsby
Death	2 May 2000	Eufaula, McIntosh Co., Oklahoma
Burial		Greenlawn Cemetery, Checotah, McIntosh Co., Oklahoma

Spouse	Albert Lee Grigsby (1912 - 2000)
Child	Jimmie Gale Grigsby ( - )
Child	Iris Ann Grigsby ( - )

Father	James "Jim" Millard Cowan (1882 - 1933)
Mother	Laura Melissa Sparks (1888 - 1960)
Sibling	Fern Opal Cowan (1913 - 2002)
Sibling	Burral J. Cowan (1915 - 1991)
Sibling	Dale Olen Cowan (1920 - 1997)
Sibling	Donald L. Cowan (1922 - 2002)
Sibling	Laura Olean Cowan (1925 - 2009)
Sibling	Doris Ina Cowan (1929 - 1979)
Sibling	Yale Keith Cowan (1933 - 2004)