Lillie Mae Grindstaff

LILLIE MAE BYRD GRINDSTAFF, 81, OF 95 HOLCOMBE COVE ROAD, DIED MONDAY SEPTEMBER 11, 2000 IN PISGAH MANOR HEALTH CARE. A NATIVE OF YANCEY COUNTY SHE HAD LIVED MOST OF HER LIFE IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF SUNRISE BAPTIST CHURCH AND HAD WORKED AS A PRIVATE DUTY NURSE. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE ELMER SERENO AND CARRIE ELLEN HOWELL BYRD. SHE WAS THE WIFE OF THE LATE ROBERT GRINDSTAFF. SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY TWO DAUGHTERS, MILDRED AND EDNA KING. SURVIVING ARE HER DAUGHTER , WANDA TOWE AND HER HUSBAND BOBBY OF CANDLER, SONS, RAYMOND KING AND HIS WIFE MARCIA OF SWANNANOA, RAY KING OF LEICESTER AND DAVID KING AND HIS WIFE JUANITA OF ALEXANDER; SISTER, MARIE McINTOSH OF BURNSVILLE; NINE GRANDCHILDREN AND TWELVE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT 2:00 P.M. WEDNESDAY IN THE ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL WITH THE REVS. JACK SMITH AND JEFF HANEY OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN PISGAH VIEW MEMORIAL PARK. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS TUESDAY FROM 7 TO 8:30 P.M. AT THE FUNERAL HOME.