Emma Ellis Grigsby

Mrs. Emma E. Grigsby, 85, of Albany, GA and formally of Live Oak, FL., passed away Wednesday, May 20, 2010 in Albany , GA. Services honoring the life of Mrs. Grigsby will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 25, 2010 in the chapel of Hall and Hall Funeral Home in Albany . Reverend Randy Lamb will officiate and the family will receive friends immediately following the service. Mrs. Grigsby was born June 26, 1924 in King George, VA, the daughter of the late Russell M. and Nettie Jenkins Grigsby. She lived in Virginia most of her life where she owned and operated her own restaurant until moving to Live Oak, FL in 1972. She worked in the nursing field as an LPN for twenty-two years and provided private care at hospital and home of terminally ill patients. Mrs. Grigsby was a member of Southside Baptist Church in Live Oak and she enjoyed reading, sewing, traveling and watching the Atlanta Braves play. Survivors include her son, Stacy Grigsby of Albany , GA ; Lewis Grigsby of Blairsville , GA and Jerry Grigsby of VA.; daughters, Lois Lake of Leesburg, GA and Carolyn Bowen of Blairsville, GA; Sisters, Clara Lee McAtee of Panama City FL , Evelyn Olson of Laurel, MD and Betty Ellis of Panama City , FL.; a special granddaughter, Kristi Grigsby; 8 other grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Lewis W. Grigsby, Jr. in 1969.