GRISMORE, Byron - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Byron O. Grismore, lifetime resident of Kingman, died at his home here Sunday at the age of 87. He had been in ill health for several months. He was born in Parke County March 29, 1879, the son of George and Sarah Atkinson Grismore. He was married to Nellie Drake Jan 21, 1909. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in January of 1959. "Barney" as he was familiarly known to everyone was a barber in Kingman for 55 years, retiring in 1956. He was a member of the Kingman Methodist Church and the Kingman Masonic Lodge NO. 314. Surviving besides the widow are four daughters: Mrs. Geraldine Branham of New Whiteland; Mrs. Dorothy Stucy of Indianapolis; Mrs. Mary Woodrow of near Covington; and Mrs. Evelyn Alexander of Indianapolis; a son, Robert Grismore of Shipshewanna; a brother, Parke Grismore of Madera Beach, Fla and 8 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. Two brothers and five sisters preceded him in death. Funeral services were at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Woodrow Funeral Home with the Rev. Forest Stickler officiating. The grandsons, Duane Woodrow, Ronald Woodrow, Robert Alexander, Michael Suiters, Forest Boling and Robert Ellis served as pallbearers. Interment was in the Kingman Fraternal Cemetery.