by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB
Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: THURSDAY, April 1, 1993 TAG: 9304010299 SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO SOURCE: DATELINE: THAXTON LENGTH: Short
OBIT GRANT, IRMA STIFF
GRANT, Irma Stiff, 85, of Thaxton, passed away Wednesday, March 31, 1993, in the Bedford County Memorial Hospital. She was born July 29, 1907 in Bedford County, a daughter of the late John W. Stiff and Callie Holdren Stiff. She was owner and operator of Grant's Grocery and was a member of the Thaxton Baptist Church, where she was a member of the choir for many years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy E. Grant. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Eloise and Herbert Grubb, Thaxton; a brother, John W. ("Buck") Stiff; a sister, Edith S. Madison, all of Thaxton; two grandsons, Earl Grubb, Thaxton, Robert Grubb, Roanoke; two great-grandchildren, two stepgreatgrandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, April 2, 1993 at 11 a.m. from the Updike Funeral Chapel, Bedford, by the Rev. Michael DuVal and Rev. K. Adams. Interment will follow in the Oakwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends today from 7 to 9 p.m. at Updike Funeral Chapel, Bedford.