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Submitted: 5/13/15 • Approved: 5/13/15 • Last Updated: 5/16/15 • R1076688-G0-S3
18 May 1876 - 7 Jul 1944
Son of A.J.Grady and Emma Calsteel Grady Cummings
Husband of Lela Neel Grady (1873 - 1959)
Sister: Lola Grady Tipton (1874 - 1943)
*Forrest City Times
Art Souvenir
1905 page 99
Mr.Abraham Lafayette Grady, well known as "Ham" Grady, was born on May 18,1876, at Forrest City. His father, Abraham Lafayette Grady, was one of the earliest merchants of this place, and was a power in the mercantile life of Eastern Arkansas. His mother, Mrs.Emma Casteel Grady, is a member of one of the most prominent and influential families of this section. The subject of our sketch was educated in the schools of Forrest City, at Bell Buckle, and Nashville, Tennessee;Huntsville, Alabama; and Fayetteville, Arkansas. Having finished his education, Mr.Grady returned to Forrest City and engaged in general merchantile business, which he still successfully conducts. On July 18,1900, he was married to Miss Lela Joe Neel, one of Forrest City's most popular and prepossessing young women, and the union thus formed has indeed been a happy one, though no children have blessed it. He owns a mercantile establishment, two valuable city lots, and two productive farms.
Contributed on 5/13/15
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