Age: 85
Address: Brush Creek
Date of Death: February 2, 2012
Arrangements: Yancey Funeral Service

Details: A native of Yancey County, she was a daughter of the late Grayson and Florence Gardner Woody and the wife of the late Dennis Grinestaff, who passed away in 2003. She was also preceded in death by three sisters: Dorothy Taylor, Delphia Elliott and Flaude Davis; five brothers: Howard Woody, Frank Woody, James Woody, Winford Woody and Wilford Woody.
     Surviving are her six children: Sandy Tipton and husband, Ronnie, of Mine Fork, Keith Grinestaff of Green Mountain, Larry Grindstaff and wife, Debbie, of Poplar, Timmy Grindstaff and wife, Mary Ann, of Green Mountain, Pat Grinestaff of Spruce Pine and Priscilla Hicks and husband, Ted, of the home; a sister, Venus Mull of Morganton; a brother, Paul Woody of Morganton; 10 grandchildren: Ronnie Tipton, Jr., Scotty Tipton, Patrick Keith Grinestaff, Shannon Grindstaff, Crystal Norton, Dennis Grindstaff, Tiffany Grindstaff, Patrick Grinestaff, Jr., Denise Morgan and Christopher Hicks; 15 great-grandchildren: Candice, Lucas, Kaleb, Jayden, Sophia, Skyler, Hayden, Zackary, Mariah, Raine, Jacob, Kishia, Dereke, Nicole and Kaylee. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
     Funeral Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, February 5th in Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Rev. Lawrence Glenn will officiate. Burial will follow in the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Ronnie Tipton, Jr., P.J. Grinestaff, Christopher Hicks, Dennis Grindstaff, Patrick Grinestaff, Shannon Grindstaff and Scotty Tipton. Honorary pallbearers will be Jacob Grindstaff, Dereke Huskins and Skyler Grinestaff. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. on Saturday, February 4th in the Chapel of Yancey Funeral Service where the body will remain until taken to the church to lie in state one hour prior to the service.
     The family would like to say a special thank you to Donna Hughes and all the staff at Hospice of Yancey County and also a special thank you to Crystal Robinson with the Yancey County Cap Program. Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of Yancey County 856 Georges Fork Road, Burnsville, NC 28714 or Yancey County Cap Program 200 Medical Campus Drive, Burnsville, NC 28714.