Birth date: Mar 11, 1919 Death date: Jun 12, 2014
Grace DeWitt Crisman, 95, passed June 12, 2014. Beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She was a member of Lindenwood Christian Church and a long time University of Memphis Tiger Fan. She is survived by her son, John Read Obituary
Grace was a wonderful friend to my mother, Sue Eubanks. We ate dinner with Grace every time I came to Memphis. I will really miss her and her feisty personality. I know my mother will miss her “card shark” buddy. My condolences to the family.Laura Armour
Grace was one of my mom’s (Polly Littler) best friends. I’ve always loved and admired Grace, but after Mom passed away, I became closer to Grace and visited her every time I traveled back to Memphis. I miss her and hope and pray she and my mom are young, happy, healthy and spending time together in heaven….maybe playing bridge. Jonna Turner Rathbun
From all of us at Precision Door Service purchased the Blooming Garden Basket for the family of Grace DeWitt Crisman.
Aunt Grace, my mother’s brother’s wife. I can’t remember when we first met, although I’m sure she does–I was still in diapers, the kind that had pins and were used over and over. She claimed to have change my diaper. I meant to thank her for that, but never found the right words. She lived in Memphis, two hundred miles away, and before the interstate a long, long way. She didn’t change it very often.I’d see her and Uncle John on holidays either in Missouri or at her home on Forest. She and Uncle John had an elegant two story with a big porch, a giant dog pen in the back, and a nearby park with squirrels that I wasn’t supposed to shoot. It’s a challenge to shoot a squirrel with a Model 94 replica BB gun. Aunt Grace never told on me. Squirrels are just rats with busy tails, she’d say. Mata’s dogs didn’t care for them either.If we weren’t hunting vermin in the park we’d play checkers or backgammon. I was a better shot with a BB gun but she always won at board games. Was it just me or did she seem competitive to everyone else too?Eventually she moved to the Tiger Den–that’s what I call her place in Germantown. Those who mattered to Aunt Grace know what I mean.I didn’t visit her enough–that’s my loss. But when I’d call she’d fill me in on all that she’d done since our last visit. Aunt Grace lived a full life. She was a high energy classic full of grace, wit, compassion, and love. We must say goodbye, others are now saying hello.
Sorry for your loss Joyce Those old adventurous gals will be kickin’ up a fun storm in heaven. Sincerely. SM Janet
Oh, the wonderful times that Grace shared with my mother, Sue Davis, and Mary Lawrence — they should have written a book! Grace travelled far and wide with Sue and Mary — with their cheese & crackers, their maps and their playing cards, their wine and their “inside jokes.” I’m sure they were the envy of many a woman, who didn’t have the “chutzpah” (a word I learned only after moving to New York 40 years ago) to take to the highways of America on her own, without a male escort for “protection.” They were the best kind of Southern women – smart, classy, funny, loyal and charming … and not overly concerned about what anyone thought about them. Her name was perfect – Grace! A stylish and sophisticated, but down-to-earth beauty, whose voice and smile and generosity I will forever remember. May she rest in peace with her dear friends in heaven!
