Davenport, Emma

Birth Name Davenport, Emma
Gender female
Age at Death 102 years, 2 months, 10 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1899-09-10      
Death 2001-11-20      
Burial 2001   Mountain View Cemetery  

Families

Family of Grant, George Washington and Davenport, Emma

Married Husband Grant, George Washington ( * 1886 + 1963-06-03 )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Grant, John Allen2001-01-19
Grant, George Washington Jr1925before 2002
Grant, Ted19261998-05-11
Grant, Donald1928-05-192014-02-22
Grant, Hobert1931after 2001
Grant, Hubert1931before 2002
Grant, Evelyn1934after 2014
Grant, Robert Lewis1935-07-051937-12-21
Grant, Fred1938after 2014
Grant, Mary Ruth1939after 2014

Narrative

From Ron Thompson:

Emma Lee Grant, 102, a former resident of Clinton Ave., Bristol, Va., died Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2001, at the Cambridge House.

She was born Sept. 10, 1899, in Appalachia, Va., the daughter of the late Walter and Callie West Davenport. Mrs. Grant was a retired employee of Greys Hosiery Mill and had made her home in the Bristol area most of her life. She was the widow of George Washington Grant Sr.

Survivors include her children and their spouses, Donald and Francena Grant, Hobert Grant, Evelyn and Paul Gray, Fred H. Grant, and Mary Ruth and John Necessary; and several grandchildren; great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by four sons, George W. Grant Sr., Hubert M. Grant, Ted R. Grant and John A. Grant.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday in the Weaver Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Charlie Baker and Rev. Lester MacKinnon officiating. Burial will follow in Mountain View Cemetery.