May 19, 1950 - June 9, 2009

Freddy Lee Grissom, 59, of Sweet Home, died June 9, 2009.

A memorial service was held June 13 at Cornerstone Fellowship in Sweet Home.

He was born in Redding, Calif., to Fred Leon and Violet Marie (Lang) Grissom. He attended schools in Sweet Home, graduating from Sweet Home High School in 1968.

Mr. Grissom served in the US Army from 1968 to 1976. He was stationed in the U.S., Korea, and Germany. After the Army, he lived in Alaska and Florida before settling in Missouri in 1982. He returned to Sweet Home in 2004.

He is survived by his mother Violet Grissom; daughters Wendy Grissom, Tanya Holly and Mary Ann Grissom, all of Pennsylvania, and Lora Kay Hester of Salem, Mo.; nine grandchildren; brother Robert Grissom of Sweet Home; sisters Edna Pearson of Woodburn, Fern Grissom, Debra Wolf and Kathy Steinbacher, all of Sweet Home.

His father Fred Grissom died in 1975 and daughter Kimberly Michelle died in 1994.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made in his name to Sweet Home Funeral Chapel.