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Submitted: 1/16/21 • Approved: 1/18/21 • Last Updated: 1/21/21 • R210538-G0-S3
PERSONNELMAN MASTER CHIEF PETTY OFFICER US Navy
Korea
May 22, 1929 - May 11, 2012
Floyd Evans Grisham will be forever remembered by his devoted wife Bernice Grisham. He will live in the hearts of Eva Lynne, his daughter, son-in-law, Phillip and their children, Nathan and Duncan McRimmon; Robert E. Grisham, his son, daughter-in-law, Mari and their children, Daniel, Andrew, Allison, Tara and Shelby. He was preceded in death by his oldest son, Floyd Andrew Grisham. Floyd was born in Florence, AL on May 22, 1929 and at the age of 17, he joined the U. S. Navy. He achieved the rank of Master Chief Petty Officer, retiring in 1976 after 30 years of service to the United States. After retirement, he devoted the rest of his life to his family, gardening, and teaching his two younger children how to walk in God?s ways. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, May 14 at the Covington Funeral Home chapel. Interment with military honors will follow in Magnolia Gardens Cemetery. The Grisham family wishes to acknowledge with deep appreciation the many expressions of love, concern and kindness shown to them during their hour of bereavement.
Contributed on 1/16/21 by debbraszymanski
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