Anna Tennessee GRISSOM

McMinnville resident and Van Buren County, TN native Anna Tennessee Grissom, age 94, was born March 11, 1916 and died July 21, 2010 at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, TN following a brief illness. A homemaker, she was the daughter of the late John Dallas and Ova Elizabeth Simmons White. She was married to Kelso Grissom who preceded her in death in 1976. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by daughter, Ova Mae Graves in 2006; three brothers, John Bidge White, Sherril White and James Dallas White, Jr. and six sisters, Audrey Gay Grandstaff, Lodemya Edna Powell, Fannie Mae Edds, Lavinia Eudena Mangum, Delma Trenton Chandler and Eula Grace Austin. She is survived by two grandchildren, Scott Graves of Hermitage, TN and Rebecca Graves of Antioch, TN; great-grandson, Alexander Blake Graves of Hermitage, TN; brother, Arther Carlton White of Chattanooga, TN and several nieces and nephews. Funeral service was held at 12:00 p.m. Saturday, July 24, 2010 in High's Chapel with Van Richmond officiating. Burial followed in the Long Cemetery in Van Buren County, TN.