Earl Marion Grindstaff^{[1, 2, 3]}

1949 - 2011  (61 years)

• Name	Earl Marion Grindstaff
  Born	17 Dec 1949
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Jun 2011  [4]
  Buried	2 Jul 2011	Resthaven Cemetery
  Person ID	I78049	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	William Walter Grindstaff,   b. 4 Jan 1918,   d. 21 Mar 1999, Mariner Health Care Center  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Cora Mae Ford,   b. 7 Feb 1927,   d. 8 Jan 2011, Mercy Hospital of Newport, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 83 years)
  Married	28 Oct 1949
  Family ID	F29517	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Ota Gay Phillips,   b. 25 May 1951  (Age 72 years)
  Children	+ 1. Leonard W. Grindstaff   2. Earl W. Grindstaff   3. John Grindstaff
  Family ID	F28773	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 199. [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 119. [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 16 Feb 2006. Fifty-five-year-old Cosby resident Earl Marion Grindstaff will be sentenced on May 2 after pleading guilty on Tuesday to five counts of aggravated sexual battery. Stone told Judge Hooper that the defendant is alleged to have had "improper sexual contact" with a girl less than 13 years old on five occasions between December 2003 and February 2004. The judge accepted Grindstaff’s guilty plea and will conduct a sentencing hearing in May to determine punishment in the case. [S124] Brown Funeral Home, Newport, Tennessee, (http://www.newportfunerals.com), 28 Jun 2011. (December 17, 1949 - June 28, 2011) Earl M. Grindstaff, of Newport passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2011 after a courageous battle with cancer. He was retired from the U. S. Navy after over 22 years of faithful service. He was preceded in death by his parents Walter William and Cora Mae (Ford) Grindstaff; grandparents Dr. Parker B. and Maggie Ford, William and Minnie (Landreth) Grindstaff. He is survived by his wife, Ota Gay Grindstaff; sons Leonard (Julie) Grindstaff, Earl W. (significant other Hollins) Grindstaff and John (Elizabeth) Grindstaff; grandchildren Kayla, Leonard Jr.,Ronnie, Kaitlyn, Cade, Lilly, John Jr.and Emily; great grandchild Aden; brother John (Evelyn) Grindstaff; sisters Barbara (Chuck) Quintard and Karen (Mike) Click; many nieces and nephews and a host of friends. The family will receive friends from 6:00-9:00 PM Friday July 1, 2011 at Brown Funeral Home. The funeral will be held at 11:00AM, July 2, 2011 at Brown Funeral Home with Rev. Ransom Hall officiating. A graveside service will follow in Resthaven Cemetery.