Extracted from unknown newspaper (Matagorda Co., TX)
Monday, April 16, 1979

Cedar Lane Rancher Dies

Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, April 17, for long-time Cedar Lane resident Eaton Grisham, who died Saturday.

Grisham, 81, had been taken from his home by ambulance to Matagorda General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

He had been an active farmer and rancher up until his death.

Grisham had been a resident of the Cedar Lane area all his life and he was very active in the community.

He was also a deacon in the Cedar Lane Baptist Church.

A charter member of the Soil & Water Conservation District Association, Grisham was named the `outstanding cattleman' in Matagorda County for 1965.

Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. at the Cedar Lane Baptist Church and interment will follow at the Cedarvale Cemetery.

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GRISHAM

Eaton Grisham, 81, of the Cedar Lane area, was pronounced dead at the Matagorda General Hospital April 14.

Survivors include: two sons, Richard Eaton Grisham and James H. Grisham both of Bay City; two brothers, Grayson and Harold of Hondo; four sisters, Mrs. Ruth Post of Edinburg, Mrs. Violet Morehead of Angleton, Mrs. Thelma Bridges of Hondo, and Mrs. Marjorie Savage of Bay City; five grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, April 17, at 10:30 a.m. at the Cedar Lane Baptist Church with Rev. Charles Chochran officiating. Interment will be at the Cedarvale Cemetary [sic Cemetery].