Laura Myrtle Grider

Laura Myrtle Grider, age 87 years, a resident of Summit Manor Health & Rehab Columbia, KY passed away Friday, Aug. 14, 2009 at 4:45 p.m. at Summit Manor.
She was the daughter of the late Ben Harrison & Pearlie Mae Grider Conover and the widow of Woodrow Grider, who preceded her in death on Feb. 22, 1983.
She is survived by one daughter, Janet Sharpe and her husband, David of Columbia, KY; one sister, Sarah Evelyn Carter of Columbia, KY; five grandchildren: Becky Chapman and her husband Joe, Kim Wilson, Susan Pollard and her husband Troy, Woody Sharpe and his wife Tracy and Chrissie Posey and her husband Brad; eleven great grandchildren: Christopher Sharp and his wife Becky, Ashleigh Popplewell and her husband Danion, Brittany Klingberg and her husband Kurt, Jordan Pollard, Emma Pollard, Tate Sharpe, Anna Beth Sharpe, Josephine Posey, Lily Posey, Danielle Chapman and Deana Chapman; one great great grandchild, Hillary Klingberg; special friends and caregivers: Mildred Stapp, Lois Wilson and Joyce Janes. She is also survived by several nieces, nephews and a host of other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by one sister, Maudie Lee Powell and one great great grandson, Hayden Popplewell.
Mrs. Grider and her husband managed the Burley Belt Farm Center in Russell Springs and was a member of White Oak Baptist Church.
Funeral service was held Sunday, August 16, 2009 at 2:30 p.m. at Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home with Bro. David Coffey and Bro. Ralph Foster.
Interment in Bethlehem Cemetery in Russell County.
You may view this obituary and sign guestbook online at www.stottsphelpsmcquearyfh.com.
The pallbearers were: Brad Posey, Troy Pollard, Woody Sharpe, Joe Chapman, Kurt Klingberg and Christopher Sharpe.
In lieu of flowers expression of sympathy may take the form of donation to the American Cancer Society and may be made at the funeral home.
Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home in charge of funeral arrangements.