Extracted from The Smithfield Herald (Smithfield, NC)
Friday, February 23, 1968

Jesse Grant Succumbs At 90

Jesse Grant, 90 year-old retired farmer of Route 1, Four Oaks, died Tuesday in Adams and Kinton Nursing Home near Lillington following a period of declining health.

Mr. Grant was a native of Johnston County. He was a son of the late Benjamin and Appie Lee Grant.

The funeral was held at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon in Tee's Chapel Free Will Baptist Church. The Rev. C. M. Coats and the Rev. James Ellis officiated. Interment followed in Tyner Cemetery.

Surviving are one son, Leonard Grant of Route 2, Smithfield; three daughters, Mrs. Frances Overby and Mrs. Catherine Lawhorn of Smithfield, and Mrs. Appie Daughtry of Goldsboro; one sister, Mrs. Ettie Thompson of Four Oaks; 23 grandchildren; and 33 great-grandchildren.