Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
4:28 pm Monday, November 23, 2015

Charles R. Grissom

Charles R. Grissom, age 88, Russellville, passed away Friday, Nov. 20, 2015, at Russellville Health Care.

He lived his entire life in Franklin County, and was retired from Reynolds Metals Company.

Funeral service was held Monday, Nov. 23, 2015, at Pinkard Funeral Home in Russellville with burial in Franklin Memory Gardens. Visitation was prior to the service at the funeral home. He is survived by his son-in-law, Larry Hipp, Adamsville; two great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.

He is preceded in death by wife, Sarah Lorraine King Grissom; parents, Allen and Edna Louise Grissom; daughter, Freda Hipp; grandson, Charles Harding Hipp; three brothers; four sisters.

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