Earl Simpson Gritton
1919 - 2009 (89 years)-
Name Earl Simpson Gritton Born 18 May 1919 Centralia, Boone County, Missouri 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Died 3 Apr 2009 Columbia, Boone County, Missouri [1, 2, 3] Buried Memorial Park Cemetery, Columbia, Boone County, Missouri [1, 3] Person ID I2634 Gritton Last Modified 7 Mar 2024
Father Earl Simpson Gritton, b. 14 May 1880, Monroe County, Missouri , d. 21 Feb 1957, Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri (Age 76 years) Mother Myrtle Frances Jones, b. 13 May 1883, Monroe County, Missouri , d. 20 Jan 1964, Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri (Age 80 years) Married 22 Feb 1902 Monroe County, Missouri [4] Family ID F1103 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Hazel Boatman, b. 21 May 1922, Udall, Cowley County, Kansas , d. 11 Jan 2009, Columbia, Boone County, Missouri (Age 86 years) Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 Family ID F1106 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 18 May 1919 - Centralia, Boone County, Missouri 
Died - 3 Apr 2009 - Columbia, Boone County, Missouri 
Buried - - Memorial Park Cemetery, Columbia, Boone County, Missouri = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - The Columbia Daily Tribune, April 5, 2009:
Earl Simpson Gritton Jr., 89, of Columbia passed away Friday, April 3, 2009.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 8, at Memorial Funeral Home in Columbia. Burial with military honors will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 12:30 p.m. until time of services Wednesday.
Earl was born on May 18, 1919, in Centralia to Earl Sr. and Myrtle Jones Gritton, who preceded him in death. He was married on Jan. 27, 1946, at Allen Street Methodist Church in Centralia to Hazel Boatman, who preceded him in death.
He was a member of the U.S. Navy during World War II. Earl was a member of Centralia United Methodist Church and a charter member of the Central Missouri Hemerocallis Society. He retired in 1981 after working 40 years at A.B. Chance Co. in Centralia.
Survivors include his daughters, Susan Beard and husband Richard of Sedalia, Brenda Clark of Joplin and Nancy Sweezer and husband Ivan of Centralia; 15 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild.
Memorial contributions can be made to Central Missouri Hemerocallis Society, c/o Memorial Funeral Home, 1217 Business Loop 70 W., Columbia, Mo., 65202.
Tributes can be left online at www.memorialfuneralhomeandcemetery.com.
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- The Columbia Daily Tribune, April 5, 2009:
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