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Submitted: 8/27/11 • Approved: 11/2/20 • Last Updated: 11/5/20 • R579934-G579934-S3
Orville 30 Nov 1918 - 15 Jan 1997
Lessie 08 Mar 1927 - 30 Aug 2004
Marriage: 13 Mar 1944
Orville Lee Laymon son of Otis Eldridge Laymon and Tinnie Effie (Owens) Laymon. Lessie B (Griggs) Laymon daughter of Phillip Sheridan Griggs and Ada L (Sanders) Griggs. Orville Lee Laymon born in Elizabeth, Fulton County, Arkansas and died Granite City, Madison County, Illinois. Lessie was born in Arkansas ad died in Ballwin, Saint Louis County, Missouri.
**obituary
The Baxter Bulletin, Mountain Home, Arkansas, September 1, 2004:
Lessie Griggs Laymon, 77
CALICO ROCK - A funeral for Lessie Griggs Laymon, 77, of Granite City, Ill., formerly of Calico Rock, will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Dolph Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today at Eddie's Family Funeral Home. Lessie Laymon died Monday, August 30.
Another version,
The Batesville Guard, Batesville, Arkansas, August 31, 2004:
Lessie Laymon
GRANITE CITY, Ill. - Lessie Griggs Laymon, 77, of Granite City, Ill., formerly of Calico Rock, died Monday, Aug. 30, 2004, in Ballwin, Mo.
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