Kyman Thomas Grindstaff, 56, Johnson City formerly of Bishop Hollow, Elizabethton, passed away Sunday October 18, 2015 in the Franklin Woods Community Hospital due to complications of diabetes. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Wesley & Lucille Williams Grindstaff. He was also preceded in death by his grandparents: Claude & Daisy Grindstaff and Thomas & Eliza Williams. He was a carpenter and concrete worker by trade.
He is survived by three children: Clayton Grindstaff, Old Hickory, TN; Sharon Duckett, Charlotte, North Carolina and Emaleth Grindstaff of Elizabethton; three sisters, all of Elizabethton: Ramona (Ted) Taylor; Glenda (Dewey) Oliver and Daisy Grindstaff; and two grandchildren: Landen Duckett and Kaitlyn Duckett.
Graveside Services will be conducted at the Pearl Bowers Cemetery, Blue Springs Road at 3 p.m. Wednesday, October 21, 2015 with Mr. Tom Caraway officiating. Burial will follow the service. Music will be provided by Luke & Skyla Gwyn. Active Pallbearers who are requested to assemble at the funeral home at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday will be: Blake Taylor, Jamie Vines, Clayton Grindstaff, Jeremy Blevins, Troy Blevins, Brian Oliver and Russell Harrison. Family and friends will assemble at the funeral home at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday to go to the cemetery.
Condolences may be sent to our web site www.memorialfcelizabethton.com.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is serving the Grindstaff family.