hmtl5 Wallace Edwin Gritton b. 26 Aug 1895 Kentucky d. 24 Jun 1981 McCreary County, Kentucky: Gritton Genealogy
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Wallace Edwin Gritton

Male 1895 - 1981  (85 years)


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  • Name Wallace Edwin Gritton 
    Born 26 Aug 1895  Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1940  Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation carpenter  [5] 
    Died 24 Jun 1981  McCreary County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Buried Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I3025  Gritton
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2024 

    Father Lidge Davis Gritton,   b. 16 Sep 1862, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Aug 1937, Mercer County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Etta Shy,   b. 7 Mar 1871, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Dec 1938, Mercer County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 1889  [1, 6] 
    Family ID F974  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hazel Lee Smith 
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F1904  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 26 Aug 1895 - Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1940 - Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 24 Jun 1981 - McCreary County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Wallace Edwin Gritton
      Harrodsburg - Wallace Edwin Gritton, 85, Lexington Street, died at 11:50 a.m. Wednesday at James B. Haggin Memorial Hospital after a long illness.
      Born Aug. 26, 1899, in Mercer County, he was a son of the late Lige Davis and Etta Shy Gritton. He was a retired farmer and carpenter.
      A member of the Harrodsburg United Methodist Church, he was a Mason for 63 years and belonged to Mercer Lodge 777, F&AM.
      His wife Hazel Lee Smith Gritton, preceded him in death.
      He is survived by a sister, Juanita Healy of Salvisa; a brother, Claude S. Gritton of Lawrenceburg; and three nephews.
      Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Ransdell Funeral Home chapel by the Rev. John Hockensmith III. Burial will be in Spring Hill Cemetery.
      Pallbearers will be Raymond Jones, Haldon Yates, Eddie Drury, Marvin Purdom, Frank Trisler and Marvin Demaree.
      Visitation will be at the funeral home after 6 p.m. today. Masonic services will be conducted at the funeral home at 7:30 p.m. today.
      The Advocate-Messenger, Danville, Kentucky. Thursday, 25 June 1981.
      [4, 7]
    • Hazel Gritton
      Harrodsburg (Spl.) - Hazel Lee Smith Gritton, 75, of 332 East Lexington St., wife of Wallace Edwin Gritton, died at 11:35 p.m. Thursday at Haggin Memorial Hospital after a short illness.
      A native of Mercer County, she was a daughter of the late S.D. and Nannie Lee Wiley Smith. She was a teacher in the Mercer County School system for many years, and was a member of Harrodsburg Methodist Church where she had been president of the Women's Missionary Society for several years.
      Additional survivors are five sisters, Mrs. Ada Parson of Harrodsburg, Mrs. Margaret Fabiano of Cincinnati, O., Mrs. Lena McCubbin of Campbellsville, Mrs. Ann Elrod of Louisville and Mrs. Jean Schooler of Lancaster.
      Services will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Ransdell Funeral Chapel with Dr. Charles S. Terry and the Rev. Ted Nicholas officiating. Burial will be in Spring Hill Cemetery.
      Friends may call at the funeral home after 10 a.m. Saturday.
      The Advocate-Messenger, Danville, Kentucky. Friday, 22 December 1972.
      [4, 7]

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] 1900 US census.

    2. [S14] US World War I draft registration cards.

    3. [S10] Social Security Death Index.

    4. [S17] Obituary.

    5. [S89] census records.

    6. [S75] The Family of Gritton, Don Claypool, (Don Claypool, 1997).

    7. [S102] Newspaper article.


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