September 12, 2000

AARON GRIGSBY

CAIRO, Ill. -- Aaron W. Grigsby, 92, of Cairo died Monday, Sept. 11, 2000, at his home. He was born July 11, 1908, in Helena, Ark., son of Aaron H. and Lou Ola Higgins Grigsby. Grigsby was a retired painting contractor. He was a member and deacon of First Southern Baptist Church...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Aaron W. Grigsby, 92, of Cairo died Monday, Sept. 11, 2000, at his home.

He was born July 11, 1908, in Helena, Ark., son of Aaron H. and Lou Ola Higgins Grigsby.

Grigsby was a retired painting contractor. He was a member and deacon of First Southern Baptist Church.

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Survivors include his wife, Bertha; three daughters, Louise Presson of Gulf Breeze, Fla., Marilyn Purvis of Barlow, Ky., Sandra Dunham of Norborne, Mo.; a son, Charles Grigsby of Tamms, Ill.; 12 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.

Friends may call at Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo from 5-8 p.m. today, and Wednesday at First Southern Baptist Church from 9 a.m. until service time.

Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the church, with the Revs. Bill Gholson, Raymond Akin and Clark Short officiating. Burial will be in Beechwood Cemetery at Mounds, Ill.

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