S. Trout Grissom, 84, passed away peacefully Feb 4,1999, at his residence at the 1100 block of Winburne Lane.
Born in Roanoke, Va., he retired as an aircraft mechanic with the U.S. Naval Air Station after 30 years of service. He was an active member of Coleman Place Presbyterian Church where he served as a deacon for many years and was fondly called Trout "The Hugger"
His lifelong passion was engines and airplanes. He graduated from Nashville Automotive College in Tennessee and began his flying career in Roanoke at age 20. He built and flew with his family his own personal planes over the next 64 years. He was a member of the Old Dominion Packard Club and proudly showed his antique 1951 Packard.
He was the son of the late Clisby Trout Grissom and Stella Grissom. He is survived by his beloved wife of 61 years, Edmonia M Grissom; a daughter, Shirley Grissom of Virginia Beach; a son, Wendell Trout Grissom and his wife Janet, of Spout Springs, Va.; a sister Irene Webb of Durham, N.C.; two grandchildren, Wendell and William and their families of MacClenny, Fla.; four great-grandchildren; and one grand-dog,
Clelsea.
A church service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday at Coleman Place Presbyterian Church by the Rev. Larry C Miles. Interment will follow at Rosewood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at Woodlawn Funeral Home from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and following the services Monday at the home.
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Saturday, February 6,1999
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Born in Roanoke, Va., he retired as an aircraft mechanic with the U.S. Naval Air Station after 30 years of service. He was an active member of Coleman Place Presbyterian Church where he served as a deacon for many years and was fondly called Trout "The Hugger"
His lifelong passion was engines and airplanes. He graduated from Nashville Automotive College in Tennessee and began his flying career in Roanoke at age 20. He built and flew with his family his own personal planes over the next 64 years. He was a member of the Old Dominion Packard Club and proudly showed his antique 1951 Packard.
He was the son of the late Clisby Trout Grissom and Stella Grissom. He is survived by his beloved wife of 61 years, Edmonia M Grissom; a daughter, Shirley Grissom of Virginia Beach; a son, Wendell Trout Grissom and his wife Janet, of Spout Springs, Va.; a sister Irene Webb of Durham, N.C.; two grandchildren, Wendell and William and their families of MacClenny, Fla.; four great-grandchildren; and one grand-dog,
Clelsea.
A church service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday at Coleman Place Presbyterian Church by the Rev. Larry C Miles. Interment will follow at Rosewood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at Woodlawn Funeral Home from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and following the services Monday at the home.
Virgian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.)
Saturday, February 6,1999
Page 86
S. Trout Grissom, 84, passed away peacefully Feb 4,1999, at his residence at the 1100 block of Winburne Lane.
Born in Roanoke, Va., he retired as an aircraft mechanic with the U.S. Naval Air Station after 30 years of service. He was an active member of Coleman Place Presbyterian Church where he served as a deacon for many years and was fondly called Trout "The Hugger"
His lifelong passion was engines and airplanes. He graduated from Nashville Automotive College in Tennessee and began his flying career in Roanoke at age 20. He built and flew with his family his own personal planes over the next 64 years. He was a member of the Old Dominion Packard Club and proudly showed his antique 1951 Packard.
He was the son of the late Clisby Trout Grissom and Stella Grissom. He is survived by his beloved wife of 61 years, Edmonia M Grissom; a daughter, Shirley Grissom of Virginia Beach; a son, Wendell Trout Grissom and his wife Janet, of Spout Springs, Va.; a sister Irene Webb of Durham, N.C.; two grandchildren, Wendell and William and their families of MacClenny, Fla.; four great-grandchildren; and one grand-dog,
Clelsea.
A church service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday at Coleman Place Presbyterian Church by the Rev. Larry C Miles. Interment will follow at Rosewood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at Woodlawn Funeral Home from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and following the services Monday at the home.
Virgian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.)
Saturday, February 6,1999
Page 86
Born in Roanoke, Va., he retired as an aircraft mechanic with the U.S. Naval Air Station after 30 years of service. He was an active member of Coleman Place Presbyterian Church where he served as a deacon for many years and was fondly called Trout "The Hugger"
His lifelong passion was engines and airplanes. He graduated from Nashville Automotive College in Tennessee and began his flying career in Roanoke at age 20. He built and flew with his family his own personal planes over the next 64 years. He was a member of the Old Dominion Packard Club and proudly showed his antique 1951 Packard.
He was the son of the late Clisby Trout Grissom and Stella Grissom. He is survived by his beloved wife of 61 years, Edmonia M Grissom; a daughter, Shirley Grissom of Virginia Beach; a son, Wendell Trout Grissom and his wife Janet, of Spout Springs, Va.; a sister Irene Webb of Durham, N.C.; two grandchildren, Wendell and William and their families of MacClenny, Fla.; four great-grandchildren; and one grand-dog,
Clelsea.
A church service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday at Coleman Place Presbyterian Church by the Rev. Larry C Miles. Interment will follow at Rosewood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at Woodlawn Funeral Home from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and following the services Monday at the home.
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Saturday, February 6,1999
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