Billy Ed Grimmett

Died: Jan 1992




Billy Ed Grimmett

[1951]



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SHS '51 Pictures


Stamps High School Class of 1951

[May 1951]

Mrs. Doherty - Kalene Thomas - Jimmy Farley - Bill Grimmett - Bette Baker - Edward Hatfield - Harold McKamie - Ann Williams - Peggy Jane Pelt - Georgia Ann Langley - U.B. Bond, Jr. - Myrtle Sue Peck - Donald Hooper

Gay Weed - Catherine Strange - Bobbie Bolton - Kathryn Franklin Hurley - Delilah Owen - Mary Nell Minter - Peggy Harding - Clara Teague - Esther Mae Keith - Martha Cearley - Lucille Wallace - Charles Mackey

Tommy Sims - Barbara Powell - Billy Kuykendall - Leroy Lamb - Ann Hudgens - Mary Morgan, Dorothy Baker - David Paul Lovell - Richard Boyd - Jimmy Nix - Virginia Guttry - Joe Dan Oglesby - Clara Hamm (Not Pictured: Leonard Benefield)



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Stamps High School Class of 1951

[October 2001]

Kalene Thomas Farley - Kathryn Franklin Hurley - Delilah Owen Minter - Ann Williams McKenzie - U.B. Bond - Myrtle Sue Peck Barr

Tom Sims - Gay Weed Grimmett - Bill Kuykendall - Bobbie Ray Bolton Irving - Ann Hudgens Russell - Dorothy Baker Hanson - Clara Teague Festervand - Lucille Wallace - Clara Hamm Mitchell



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Front: Delilah Owen Minter, Kalene Thomas Farley, Kathryn Franklin Hurley, Mary Morgan Lile, Clara Hamm Mitchell, Ann Hudgens Russell, Rear: Jimmy Nix, Lucille Wallace Andrews, U.B. Bond, Bill Kuykendall, Mrs. Doherty, Esther Keith Perry, Bobbie Bolton Irving, Dorothy Baker Hanson [45th Reunion - 1996]



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[Third Grade 1941 - 1942]

Row 1: Bonnie Tatum, Clifford Butler Smith, X, Dale Eddy, Mary Catherine Strange, Jimmy Nix, Joe Dan Oglesby, David Paul Lovell, Donald Haltem, Annie Sue Clark, Row 2: Jimmy Cearley, Tommy Sims, Ann Hudgens, X, James Moreland, Betty Jo Murphy, Bobby Nix, Edwin Beene, Mary Nell Minter, X, Row 3: Kalene Thomas, Cozette Daugherty, Barbara Powell, Dorothy Baker, Billy Kuykendall, Patsy Sue Hamilton, X, Delilah Owen, Ann Williams, X, X, Row 4: Bette Baker, Richard Pipkin, Bobby Ormand, Donald Kersey, Gerald Burke, Virginia Brazil (teacher), X, Cearley, Charles Mackey, John Henry Shelton, Ruel Brown



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[Second Grade 1940 - 1941]

Row 1: Delilah Owen, Mary Nell Minter, Annie Sue Clark, Bonnie Tatum, James Moreland, Donald Haltem, Jimmy Nix, Guy Shannon, Row 2: Tommy Sims, Clifford Butler Smith, X, Barbara Powell, Ann Williams, X, X, Cozette Daugherty, X, X, Ann Hudgens, Bobby Nix, Alice Ann Cleveland, X, Jimmy Cearley, Patsy Sue Hamilton, X, Bette Baker, Row 3: Raymond Wooton, Richard Pipkin, Ruel Brown, X, Bobby Ormand, Flora Bell Farley (teacher), X, X, Donald Kersey, X, X



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[First Grade 1939 - 1940]

Row 1: Donald Kersey, X, Bobby Nix, Tommy Sims, X, Row 2: Clifford Butler Smith, James Moreland, Bonnie Tatum, Richard Pipkin, X, Billy Kuykendall, Jimmy Nix, Bobby Ormand, Guy Shannon, Edwin Beene, X, Row 3: Bette Baker, Barbara Powell, Dorothy Baker, Ann Williams, X, X, David Paul Lovell, X, X, Ann Hudgens, Mary Nell Minter, X, X, X, Row 4: Patsy Sue Hamilton, X, Donald Haltem, X, X, X, X, X, X, Vida Burke (teacher), X, X, Jimmy Cearley, X, Charles Mackey, X



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Other Pictures


Gay Weed Grimmett
[SHS 50th Reunion - 2001]



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Gay and daughter Anita
[SHS 50th Reunion - 2001]



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Bill loved his Deer hunting!
1986



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Lafayette County Sheriff
1982 - 1986



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Lafayette County Sheriff
1983



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Bill with daughter Anita
You know your Dad loves you, when he wear"s a TUX!
1980



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Bill and Gay after daughter Anita"s wedding
1980



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Stamps City Marshall
1975 - 1981



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Vietnam Tour
1966 - 1967



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USAF Basic Training
1952



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Bill and Gay Grimmett
1952



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BILLY ED GRIMMETT (2001)

Billy Ed Grimmett, class of 1951 graduate, joined the United States Air Force December 12, 1952. Between the years of 1952 and 1973, he served at seven different bases in the United States, several bases overseas, as well as a tour in Vietnam. During his Vietanam service, he received the Air Force Comendation Medal, the First Oak Leaf Cluster, and a Purple Heart. After retiring in 1973, he moved back to Stamps and started another career buying and selling timber for a wood company. After doing this for several years the "call for uniforms and service for others" made him decide to go into law enforcement. He served as the City Marshall of Stamps as well as a Lafayette County Deputy for seven years before running for Sheriff. He served as the Lafayette County Sheriff for 4 years.

Starting in 1989, dad decided to farm, drive a school bus, and just spend time doing the things he loved and being with his family. His four granddaughters thoroughly enjoyed "papppaw" always being around to spoil them. Dad suffered a heart attack and died in January 1992. You all have heard the Reba McEntire song, "The Greatest Man I never Knew", well my dad was the "GREATEST" man I have ever known!

Anita Grimmett Fleming (daughter).


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