JOHN H. GRIDER

BENTON, Ky. -- John J. Grider, 86, of Benton and formerly of Mississippi County in Missouri, died Saturday, Dec. 21, 1996, at Oakview Manor in Calvert City, Ky.

He was born Aug. 3, 1910, in Liberty, Ky., to Ollie Lee and Molly Bell Atwood Grider.

On Feb. 25, 1935, at Charleston, he married Modest Nolen. She survives.

He lived at Benton for the past 12 years and was a retired farmer. He was a member of the Assembly of God Church in Charleston.

Survivors include five sons, Bill Joe Grider of St. Louis, John Grider Jr. of Cincinnati, Lee Edward Grider of Farmington Hills, Mich., Larry Wayne Grider of Indianapolis and Charlie Grider of Dawson Springs, Ky.; a daughter, Geneva Sue Byers of Benton; two brothers, Clyde Grider of Hawesville, Ky., and Joe Grider of Centertown, Ky.; three sisters, Lillie Tatum of East Prairie, Louise Bond of Whitehouse, Tenn., and Dorothy Coleman of Graham, Ky.; 11 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a sister.

Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Collier Funeral Home in Benton and from 10 a.m. to the 1 p.m. service at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. The Rev. Gerald Penn will officiate. Burial will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery near Charleston.