Grant McKinley Wamack, Jr.^{[1, 2]}

1933 - 2012  (78 years)

• Name	Grant McKinley Wamack
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	30 Aug 1933	Deerfield, Ohio
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Apr 2012	Tennova-North Medical Center, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee   [3]
  Buried	5 May 2012	Pollard Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I244139	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Grant Wamack,   d. Bef 16 Aug 2001
  Mother	Ruby Christine Johnson,   b. 26 Feb 1914, Tennessee ,   d. 16 Aug 2001, Anderson County, Tennessee  (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F93828	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Georgia Wilkinson
  Married	25 Jan 1957
  Children	1. Grant M. Wamack, III,   b. Abt 1958,   d. 7 Apr 1958, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 0 years)   2. James M. "Jimmy" Wamack,   b. Abt 1961,   d. 1 Oct 1984, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 23 years)   3. Mary Wamack   4. Kathy Wamack   5. Jack Wamack
  Family ID	F93832	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Buried - 5 May 2012 - Pollard Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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• Sources

  [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 19 Jan 2004. Jewell F. Hodge obituary [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 19 Aug 2001. Ruby Christine Johnson Wamack Hodge obituary [S115] Mynatt Funeral Home, (http://ynattfh.net), 28 Apr 2012. Grant McKinley Wamack, Jr.-also known as “Sugar Bear” by his close friends and co-workers, went home to be with the Lord, at age 78, on Saturday morning, April 28, 2012, shortly after midnight. He was surrounded by his family and loving wife til his departure at Tennova-North Medical Center in Knoxville,TN. Cause of death was natural. Grant, a member of Macedonia Baptist Church, was born in Deerfield, Ohio on August 30, 1933. His parents were Grant McKinley Wamack, Sr. and Ruby Johnson Wamack. Grant married his faithful wife of 55 years on January 25, 1957. They had five children together. Grant proudly served in the US Military as a small arms instructor. He was a hard worker and although a plasterer by trade, he retired from his last job of 22 years at Lays Packing Company. He loved fishing, watching wrestling and westerns, and most of all, being with his family. He was preceded in death by his sons, Grant Wamack III and Jimmy Wamack, his parents and his sister, Beulah Massengill. He is survived by his wife, Georgia Wilkinson Wamack, daughters, Mary Sayler and Kathy Pittenger, son, Jack Wamack and son-in-law, Rick Pittenger. Grandchildren: Sloan, Stuart, Chelsey and Samantha. Great-Grandchild: Knox. Siblings: Maynard Wamack, Olive Mclurg, George Wamack, Rev. Albert “Buck” Wamack, sister-in-law, June Wamack and numerous nieces and nephews. Grant will be dearly missed by his wife, family and all that knew him. Service 7 pm Friday, Mynatt Funeral Home Fountain City Chapel, Rev. Albert “Buck” Wamack officiating. Family and friends will meet 10 am Saturday at Mynatt Funeral Home Fountain City and proceed to Pollard’s Cemetery for interment service at 11 am. Family will receive friends 5 to 7 pm Friday at Mynatt Funeral Home Fountain City