Jackie L. Grigsby, 79, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Wednesday, November 23, 2005, at Magnolia Manor South Nursing Home, Moultrie, Georgia.
Graveside services will be held 2:00 P.M., Saturday, November 26, 2005, at Evergreen Cemetery, with Rev. Clayton Dowd officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7:00 to 9:00 Friday evening.
Mrs. Grigsby was born May 7, 1926, in Moultrie, Georgia, to the late Lewis Randall and Pearl Lashley Cobb. She was a homemaker, and was associated for many years with the Family business, Grigsby Department Store. She had lived in the community most of her life. Mrs. Grigsby was a graduate of Moultrie High School. She was a member of the VFW Auxillary and the Elk’s Lodge.
Mrs. Grigsby is survived by her daughter: Jacquelyn Ann G. Merritt of Fitzgerald; son: James “Gene” Grigsby of Tifton: grandchildren: Jacquelyn Nicole Mann, John Allan, Jr. & Lisa Mann, Virginia Kathleen Hill, Jeanine Wiley, Craig Morgan and Melody Morgan; 7 great-grandchildren; brother: John L. Cobb of Jacksonville, FL. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Benjamin Grigsby and daughter Tootsie Loraine Morgan.