Lynn Grissom

Lynn Ross 
Turner Grissom
Lynn Grissom, 84, of Hartwell, and widow of Furman D. Grissom, passed away Thursday, March 4, 2021 at AnMed Health Medical Center, Anderson, S.C.
Born in Bristow, Okla., on October 17, 1936 Lynn graduated from Daniel Webster High School in Tulsa where she met F. Dewayne Grissom. She graduated high school early and got an Associate Degree in Home Economics at University of Tulsa.
She and Dewayne married in 1956 at the age of 19. They enjoyed 56 years of marriage and lived an adventurous life until Dewayne's death in 2012. Along the way they enjoyed success and moved from Tulsa to Ithaca, N.Y. where Dewayne graduated from the hotel management school at Cornell University. Eventually Dewayne started a kitchen design business which grew rapidly, and they moved to the suburbs of Washington DC. In 1975 they moved the family onto a boat in St. Petersburg, Fla. Lynn began working at Meldisco, becoming a valued manager of their shoe department, and gave the company more than 20 years working in the St. Petersburg, Venice, Hollywood, and finally Arlington, Texas stores until her retirement in 2000. They spent the next five years roaming the country in an RV, proud that they spent time in every state (except Hawaii) and eventually settled in Hartwell in 2005. Lynn became an active volunteer for Meals on Wheels, Domestic Violence, and the local chapter of AARP. 
She leaves behind three loving children: (Kurt Dewayne Grissom, Karen Rene Kreuter, and Chet Douglas Grissom); six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
There will be no services, however donations can be made to the CHARGE Syndrome Foundation at chargesyndrome.org
The Strickland Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Hartwell is in charge of all arrangements. Online condolences can be sent to the family at www.stricklandfh.com.