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© Carnegie Herald Carnegie, Oklahoma Wednesday, September 3, 1958 February 17, 1917 ~ August 30, 1958 Services for Wendell A. Grissom, 41-year-old welder and mechanic, were held at 2:30 p.m. Monday at the Oney Christian church with Rev. Burt Miller, Altus, former pastor, assisted. Burial was in the Oney cemetery. Grissom, who had been in ill health for the past four years apparently died of a heart attack while parked along a county road five miles northwest of Fort Cobb early Saturday morning. Grissom's body was found with his knees on the ground and his head resting on the floor boards of the car. Sheriff Ray Larison was called, a coroner's jury ruled Grissom had died of natural causes. He was born February 17, 1917, near Fort Cobb. He had been a member of the Oney Christian church since he was 16 years of age. Survivors include his wife of Houston, Texas; two daughters, Joan and Geanille of Sand Springs; a son, Bobby Gene, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada; two step children Patricia and Ricky of Houston; his mother, Mrs. Linnie Grissom, Carnegie; a brother, Ellis, Carnegie; and a sister, Mrs. Clarence Rexroat, Alfalfa. |