Ruth Stout Grindstaff

Published 4:22 pm Friday, April 21, 2017

Ruth Stout Grindstaff, 89, of Elizabethton, passed away Thursday, April 20, 2017, at Ivy Hall Nursing Home after a brief illness.
A native of Johnson County, she was a daughter of the late Wayne and Maude Robinson Stout. She had lived in Elizabethton for several years.
Ruth was a graduate of Johnson County High School and attended East Tennessee State College. She retired from Burlington Industries, Mountain City. She was a member of First Free Will Baptist Church, Elizabethton, and the Fidelis Sunday School Class. She was a former member of First Baptist Church, Mountain City, and a former member and Choir Director of Little Doe Baptist Church, Butler. She was a member of the Butler Chapter, Eastern Star.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ross H. Grindstaff, who died September 30, 1993, and a daughter, Sherry Grindstaff Mock, who passed away November 24, 2015.
Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Melody and David Crockett, Elizabethton; four grandchildren, Brad Proffitt, Jeremy Proffitt, Xandi Crockett and Jessi Eller; a special granddaughter, Linda Scalf; two great-grandchildren, Dylan Proffitt and Kimberly Ann Proffitt; her brothers and sisters-in-law, Bill and Carolyn Grindstaff, Jack and Wilma Grindstaff and Barbara Grindstaff; and several special nieces, nephews and cousins.
Funeral services for Mrs. Grindstaff will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 23, at Memorial Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Nathan Jennings and the Rev. Jack Lloyd officiating. Music will be provided by Nathan and Becky Jennings. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Park, Mountain City. Active pallbearers will be Bill Brookshire, Chris Reece, Bill Grindstaff, Randy Cook, Scotty Baker, Ethan Boles, Scott Scalf and Porter Stout. Honorary pallbearers will be her church family at First Free Will Baptist Church and friends at Courtyard Apartments. The family would like to express a special “Thank You” to the staff of Ivy Hall Nursing Home for the wonderful care she received, her church family and all of Melody’s friends who were so helpful and stood by her during her mother’s illness. The family will receive friends from 2 until 3 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Friends may also visit with the family at the home of her daughter. Condolences may be sent to the family at our website at www.memorialfcelizabethton.com.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is serving the Grindstaff family.