Samuel E. GRINDSTAFF

Byron married Alison. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!Marshall 0169, p. 16

Bobby married Sandra GERREY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!Marshall 0169, p. 16
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From: BJ Thomhave [mailto:bjthomhave@cox.net]
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 2:38 PM
To: david@marshallgenealogy.org
Subject: Onie Pearl Marshall
Hi, my name is Karen Gerry Thomhave. My grandmother was Onie Pearl Marshall. I am thrilled to find a part of my heritage!!! Her parents were Willis Dewitt Marshall and Etta Florence James. Her husband was William Preston Gerry. I have always been told that Onie was born on May 4th, 1900. My father was William Macadoo Gerry (1918-1963) I barely know anything of my heritage due to my Dad's sudden, untimely death. We have only had brief and sporadic encounters with my relatives in Winston Salem. They are wonderful and I enjoyed their company, although only twice in my adult life. Lately I had been trying to find info on the internet. Seems as though I was getting a little push... I started to become so frustrated searching the Gerry line and today I finally decided the Marshall line may hold some promise as the name appeared often in the Moravian search I had found. I even sent out a prayerful plea to my ancestors to help me. Within 2 minutes I found your web-site! I was going to stop looking at all those names and go have a coffee, but decided to scroll a little more and EUREKA!!!! There they were! Thank you, thank you for this invaluable information. What an amazing person you must be to have researched all this. I just want to thank you for giving me and my entire family something to grasp and even hold onto after all these years of wondering. Can't wait to tell my husband and daughter,my mom and 5 siblings. I have bits of info but not much. My Aunt Sandy is the only surviving child of Onie and William. I hope you will contact me. I can't wait to get started reading everything you have on your web page. I am so happy! God Bless you and all you do. Karen :)

Winston Salem Journal - October 10, 2013

GRINDSTAFF WALKERTOWN Sandra Gerrey Grindstaff April 7, 1939 - Sept. 3, 2013 Mrs. Sandra Gerrey Grindstaff, 74, of Walkertown, NC, passed away on Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. Sandra was born on April 7, 1939 in Forsyth County, NC to William Preston Gerrey and Onie Marshall Gerrey. She was a member of Oak Grove Moravian Church. Sandra retired from the Forsyth County Sherriff's Department. Mrs. Grindstaff was preceded in death by her husband, Bobby Joe Grindstaff; her parents; two brothers, William M. Gerrey and Lester J. Gerrey; and two sisters, Florence G. Boles and Mozelle G. Lewis. Mrs. Grindstaff is survived by her son, Baron Grindstaff and wife, Alison of Graham, NC and one grandson, Samuel E. Grindstaff of Graham NC. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 7, 2013 at Oak Grove Moravian Church with Rev. Matthew Allen officiating. Burial will follow in the church graveyard. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to Hospice of Forsyth County, 101 Hospice Ln., Winston-Salem, NC 27103 or Oak Grove Moravian Church Choir Fund, 120 Hammock Farm Rd., Winston-Salem, NC 27105. The family asks that if you do insist on sending flowers, have them sent directly to the church Saturday morning.

Notes:

!A GEDCOM file from Gordon Marshall.
Marshall 0169 p. 16
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From: BJ Thomhave [mailto:bjthomhave@cox.net]Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 2:38 PMTo: david@marshallgenealogy.orgSubject: Onie Pearl Marshall
Hi, my name is Karen Gerry Thomhave. My grandmother was Onie Pearl Marshall. I am thrilled to find a part of my heritage!!! Her parents were Willis Dewitt Marshall and Etta Florence James. Her husband was William Preston Gerry. I have always been told that Onie was born on May 4th, 1900. My father was William Macadoo Gerry (1918-1963) I barely know anything of my heritage due to my Dad's sudden, untimely death. We have only had brief and sporadic encounters with my relatives in Winston Salem. They are wonderful and I enjoyed their company, although only twice in my adult life. Lately I had been trying to find info on the internet. Seems as though I was getting a little push... I started to become so frustrated searching the Gerry line and today I finally decided the Marshall line may hold some promise as the name appeared often in the Moravian search I had found. I even sent out a prayerful plea to my ancestors to help me. Within 2 minutes I found your web-site! I was going to stop looking at all those names and go have a coffee, but decided to scroll a little more and EUREKA!!!! There they were! Thank you, thank you for this invaluable information. What an amazing person you must be to have researched all this. I just want to thank you for giving me and my entire family something to grasp and even hold onto after all these years of wondering. Can't wait to tell my husband and daughter,my mom and 5 siblings. I have bits of info but not much. My Aunt Sandy is the only surviving child of Onie and William. I hope you will contact me. I can't wait to get started reading everything you have on your web page. I am so happy! God Bless you and all you do. Karen :)

William married Onie Pearl MARSHALL. Onie (daughter of Willis Dewitt MARSHALL and Etta Florence JAMES) was born on 4 May 1900 in Stokes County, North Carolina; died in 1987. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

DEATH-OBITUARY: Onie's obit stated that she "was the daughter of Willis Dewitt and Etta Florence James Marshall."
!A GEDCOM file from Gordon Marshall.
!Marshall 0169, p. 16
______________________________-
From: BJ Thomhave [mailto:bjthomhave@cox.net]Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 2:38 PMTo: david@marshallgenealogy.orgSubject: Onie Pearl Marshall
Hi, my name is Karen Gerry Thomhave. My grandmother was Onie Pearl Marshall. I am thrilled to find a part of my heritage!!! Her parents were Willis Dewitt Marshall and Etta Florence James. Her husband was William Preston Gerry. I have always been told that Onie was born on May 4th, 1900. My father was William Macadoo Gerry (1918-1963) I barely know anything of my heritage due to my Dad's sudden, untimely death. We have only had brief and sporadic encounters with my relatives in Winston Salem. They are wonderful and I enjoyed their company, although only twice in my adult life. Lately I had been trying to find info on the internet. Seems as though I was getting a little push... I started to become so frustrated searching the Gerry line and today I finally decided the Marshall line may hold some promise as the name appeared often in the Moravian search I had found. I even sent out a prayerful plea to my ancestors to help me. Within 2 minutes I found your web-site! I was going to stop looking at all those names and go have a coffee, but decided to scroll a little more and EUREKA!!!! There they were! Thank you, thank you for this invaluable information. What an amazing person you must be to have researched all this. I just want to thank you for giving me and my entire family something to grasp and even hold onto after all these years of wondering. Can't wait to tell my husband and daughter,my mom and 5 siblings. I have bits of info but not much. My Aunt Sandy is the only surviving child of Onie and William. I hope you will contact me. I can't wait to get started reading everything you have on your web page. I am so happy! God Bless you and all you do. Karen :)