Jeanne Rushing Grinnell
Jeanne Rushing Grinnell
Jeanne Rushing Grinnell, age 95, passed away recently.
She was born to Lawrence and Bamah Rushing on their farm located on Rushing Road in the Weber City, TN community. Her grandfather fought in the Civil War. Her grandmother, who was Black Foot Indian, was given to be raised by a family involved in the Trail of Tears. She married her husband when she was twelve years old and had twelve children.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years: Roy W. Grinnell; daughter: Sondra Kaye Power; brother: James Rushing: and sister: Ann Rushing Hammett.
She is survived by daughters: Patricia Ann Hill and Barbara Faye Skoatz, of Ohio; son: Robert Steven Grinnell; brothers: Charles Rushing, of Michigan, and Billy Rushing, of Alabama; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
Jeanne Rushing Grinnell will be interned next to her husband in Ohio.