Gladys Luke Grantham, 90, of Fitzgerald, died Saturday, September 11, 2004, at Dorminy Medical Center in Fitzgerald, Georgia.
Graveside services will be 2 P.M. Monday, September 13, 2004, at Evergreen Cemetery with Elder Jamey Tucker officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 P.M. Sunday.
Mrs. Grantham was born March 4, 1914, in Ben Hill County, Georgia, to the late Verie Bowman Luke and Ida Belle Stokes Luke. During World War II, she worked as a welder in the Savannah, Georgia shipyards. Mrs. Grantham is a retired supervisor with H.R. Kaminsky and Sons in Fitzgerald, where she was employed for 42 years. An avid reader, she was a member of the American Legion.
Mrs. Grantham is survived by: Sister: Ruby Davis, Fitzgerald; five nieces: Ann L. Tucker, Fitzgerald; Bonnie House, Rocky Mount, NC; Linda Yarbrough, Fitzgerald; Sue Harrison, Valdosta, GA and Janice Pitts, Tifton, GA. She was preceded in death by her husband Daniel W. Grantham.