James R. Grigdesby

James Richard Grigdesby, a retired Naval Captain (Pharmacist) with the U. S.

Public Health Service, died Wednesday October 2 at the age of 91.

After retirement, James continued to work as a pharmacist at City Pharmacy

and then spent 10 years at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre De Grace, MD.

As a lifelong outdoorsman, he enjoyed deer hunting with friends and fishing

with his grandchildren. James was an avid bowler at Harford Lanes until he

switched to virtual bowling and was a champion in many bowling leagues. He

enjoyed many traveling adventures with his wife and chosen family member Dan

Dubree to places like Alaska, Aruba, Hawaii, and train trips through Canada.

James was well known for the kindness, gratitude, and a loving joyful smile

he brought to every person he met, uplifting us all.

He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, the son of the late Jennie Pearl

Bramble and Harold Edward Grigdesby. In 1952, he married his high school

sweetheart, Marceil Hurt Grigdesby (1934-2010). They lived together in

Indiana, Kentucky, and Louisiana before settling in Aberdeen in1959.

James is survived by his two loving daughters, Vannessa G. Smingler of

Ashburn, Virginia, and Sharon K. Frazer of Aberdeen, Maryland, and five

grandchildren, Samantha, Sean, and Scott Smingler and William and Andrew

Frazer.

The family invites all friends to join them during the visitation to be held

Sunday, October 6th from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Tarring-Cargo Funeral Home.

Funeral services will be held at Tarring's on Monday, October 7th at 10 a.m.

Entombment will follow at the Harford Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. In lieu of

flowers, the family requests contributions be made to the Wounded Warrior

Project; www.WoundedWarriorProject.org