Wednesday
December 25th, 2024
2:21PM
Mr. James L. "Jim" Grindle, 80 of Hendersonville, North Carolina formerly of Gainesville died October 22, 2016 in Hendersonville.
A native of Gainesville, GA, Jim moved to Henderson County in 1960. He was the son of the late Clyde and Fannie Lee Lenderman Grindle, and the husband of the late Rinna Walker Grindle who died in 1988.
Jim was an Army reservist, and a member of the Flat Rock Lions Club and the Hubert M. Smith American Legion Post #77. Jim spent his entire working career with General Electric as a lighting engineer. He was an active member of First Baptist Church in Hendersonville, serving as an usher, sound technician, and the Wednesday night "Yeast Roll Man." Jim was also an instrumental part of the Special Friends Ministry at First Baptist Church and a volunteer with Four Seasons Compassion for Life.
Survivors include his loving wife of twenty eight years, Glenda; two daughters, Cheryl Grindle of Santa Fe, NM, Beth Grindle Templeton and her husband Russell of Hendersonville; a step-daughter, Kim McKibbin and her husband Bill of Flat Rock; a son, Eric Swindell of Hendersonville; a sister, Carol Grindle McDaniel and her husband Jim of Kennesaw, GA; four grandchildren, Kristina Harrington, Mark Templeton, Clarissa Templeton-Smith, and Cole McKibbin; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday October 30, 2016 in the chapel of Little & Davenport Funeral Home. Interment will follow in the Alta Vista Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1-2 p.m. Sunday October 30.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to First Baptist Church, 312 Fifth Ave. W, Hendersonville, NC 28739 or Four Seasons Compassion for Life, 571 South Allen Road, Flat Rock, NC 28731.
Those wishing to send online condolences to the family may do so at littledavenport.com
Little & Davenport Funeral Home and Crematory, 355 Dawsonville Highway, SW, Gainesville, Ga 30501 is in charge of arrangements.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday October 30, 2016 in the chapel of Little & Davenport Funeral Home. Interment will follow in the Alta Vista Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1-2 p.
