Reuben Oliver
(R.O.) Grant, a subscriber and admirer of The Family Tree, died
April 4, 2004, at his home in Thomasville, Georgia. He often spoke
of wanting to move to Moultrie, Georgia, a town he always enjoyed
visiting. R.O. was a true Scotsman; his mother was Helen MacKenzie
and his father was Reuben Oliver Grant, Sr. He was born in West
Monroe, Louisiana, on January 12, 1914, and he worked as an
accountant for many years. R.O. always drove a comfortable car,
and he loved to travel. True to his Scots heritage, he loved
seeing what was over the next hill. He lived for many years in
Texas, in the Houston area and later in Wichita Falls. R.O. was an
avid hunter and fisherman; he preferred his cabin in the Texas
Piney Woods to living in town. In later years, he moved to
Thomasville to live with his brother, Ralph Gordon Grant, who
survives him, along with two nieces, Peggy and Beth, and many
cousins. R.O. is buried in Antioch Cemetery, Ouachita Parish,
Louisiana, in the Grant family plot, where his father, grandfather
Reuben Henry Grant, great-grandfather William Miles Grant, and
many other family members also are buried. R.O. was very modest
and wanted no obituaries, so this is our remembrance of a very
special member of our family. - Coleen Grant Hardin