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(January 17, 1916 - January 21, 1997)
"McMinnville resident and Van Buren County native Theron Conard Grissom, 80, died unexpectedly Jan 21 at Columbia River Park emergency room. A retired employee of Coca-Cola and Dr. Pepper Bottling companies and a deacon for Long Mountain Baptist Church, he served his country in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was a lifetime member of American Legion Post 173 and the Warren County Rescue Squad. The son of Ernest T. and Nancy Ann Clark Grissom, he was preceded in death by one son, Trence Grissom in 1982. He is survived by his wife, Minnie Hillis Grissom; two sons, Douglas Wayne and Marshall Eugene Grissom, both of McMinnville; two daughters, Ruth Lyle and Helen Lance, both of McMinnville; two brothers, Clark Grissom of McMinnville and J. B. Grissom of Muncie, Ind.; three sisters, Maxine Sweeney of McMinnville, Elizabeth Hillis of Bone Cave and Mattie Land of Dunlap; 15 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchild. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at High's Chapel with Bryan Jones and Morris Watson officiating. Burial will follow at Crain Hill Cemetery in Van Buren County with military graveside rites administered by VFW Post 5064 and American Legion Post 173. Visitation begins at 3 p.m. today at High's. High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements." (Southern Standard, McMinnville, Tennessee, 22 Jan 1997.)
Events
| Birth | January 17, 1916 | Tennessee | | | |
| Marriage | Abt, 1941 | Minnie Hyman Hillis | | | |
| Death | January 21, 1997 | McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee | | | |
| Burial | | Crain Hill Cemetery, Rocky River, Van Buren County, Tennessee | | | |
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