To my wonderful husband...
Date: Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 11:05 PM
Subject: Message to Dad
To: Tod Grantham <rtgrantham@gmail.com>
Donald Grantham
Retired: US Marine Corp & US Navy
Dearing, GA. – Mr. Donald Frisbee Grantham, 76 of Neals Mill Rd., entered into rest on May 13, 2010 at his residence. He was the beloved husband of Charlene Todd Grantham.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, May 15, 2010 at the Beggs Funeral Home Chapel with Elder Donald Grantham, Brother Lyle Grantham, Brother Tod Grantham, and Elder Dwayne Hooven officiating. Interment will follow at Bellevue Memorial Gardens with full military honors.
Mr. Grantham was a native of Atlanta, GA but lived in Dearing for many years. He was the son of the late Jackson Lee Grantham, Sr. and the late Marie Knighton Grantham. Mr. Grantham served as a Staff Sergeant in the U. S. Marines during the Korean Conflict and as a Combat Photojournalist in the U. S. Navy during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam Conflict, for which he was awarded the Navy Achievement Medal. He retired from the U. S. Armed Forces with over 23 years of service. Mr. Grantham’s service to his country, love of the natural world, and passion for journalism inspired him to write several books including A Source of Wilderness Novice Survival Skills. He was Primitive Baptist by faith.
Survivors include his wife Charlene Grantham of Dearing; sons, Tod Grantham and wife Prim of Annapolis, MD, Donald Lee Grantham, of Broomfield, CO, R. Lyle Grantham of Hartford, KY; brother, Jackson Lee Grantham, Jr. of Walnut Creek, CA; sisters, Patsy Lintz of Gainesville, GA, Jean Allgary of Adairsville, GA; grandchildren, Heather Grantham, Daniel Grantham, Parissa Grantham, and Ryan Grantham.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Wounded Warrior’s Project, 7020 AC Skinner Pkwy. Suite 100, Jacksonville, FL 32256, or via their website at http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/.