Date of birth: 01 Feb 1885
Date of death: 16 Jul 1976

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Burial Information

Section 01 (Click Here for Section Map)
Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Plot: 0637-04
Status: Occupied

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Notes

Obituary
Rufus A. Grantham
Funeral services for Rufus A. Grantham, 91, who died at his Lexington residence July 16, were held July 18 at 9:30 a.m. from Southern Funeral Home Chapel.

Burial was in Pleasant Ridge [Odd Fellows] Cemetery with Rev. G. T. Dukes officiating.

Mr. Grantham was a retired farmer and a member of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church. He was the son of Rufus H. Grantham and Evlyn Tate.

Survivors include: his wife, Mrs. Leni L. Grantham, Lexington; one son, Rufus Grantham, Lexington: four daughters, Mrs. Clara Pace, Lexington, Mrs. Frances Pickering, Taylorsville, Mrs. Earlene Pickering, Pascagoula and Mrs. Agnes Johnson, Greenville; six grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Pallbearers were: Mack Grantham, James Grantham, Melvin Grantham, Jr., Virgil Ingold, Don Buxton and Ricky Palmertree.

The Holmes County Herald – Page 7
Lexington, MS
July 22, 1976

Family Relations of Rufus Amzy Grantham

Parents:
Rufus Grantham
Eveline W. Tate Grantham

Siblings:
Mary A "Kit" Tate (1866-1900)
William H. "Will" Tate (1872-1907)
Mattie Tate (1873-????)
James Tate (1875-????)
Albert Henry Grantham
Stephen Tate (1879-????)
Alma Tate (1882-????)
Lela Tate (1882-????)
Rueben Emmitt Tate (1885-1962)
Rufus Amzy Grantham

Spouse:
Leni Leoti Grantham Grantham

Children:
Clara McNeer Grantham Pace
Frances Grantham Pickering
Earlene Grantham Pickering
Rufus Melvin Grantham
James Irby Grantham
Agnes Grantham Johnson

More information, family relationships, and images may be found by CLICKING HERE (external link)

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