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• "My name is Roxanne Terry and I am a grandaughter of Grover and Addie.  My father is G. C. Terry born in1926.  My father is the only living son of Addie and Grover. ... My mom Mary Fouts Terry ..."
  --  Roxanne Terry, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 24 August 2012
  
  1940 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 4 April, McDonald District, District 105-12, page 3A, Hse #31, Owns $2000
  Terry, Grover Head M W 76 Grade 8 b Murray Co GA same place in 1935 Farm Laborer
  Terry, Addie Wife F W 52 Grade 8 b Murray Co GA same place in 1935 Housekeeper
  Terry, G C Son M W 13 Single Grade 5 b Murray Co GA same place in 1935 School
  Terry, Hazel Dau F W 7 Single Grade 3 b Murray Co GA same place in 1935 School
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
  Belvidere, Illinois, City Directory, 1951, p 297
  Terry Grover C (Mary L)  fcty wkr NSM Co h 621 E Locust
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
  Belvidere, Illinois, City Directory, 1954, p 294
  Terry Grover C (Mary L)  Emp Nat'l Grey Iron Fdry  h 621 E Locust
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
  Belvidere, Illinois, City Directory, 1956, p 178
  Terry Grover C (Mary L)  Emp Nat'l Grey Iron Fdry  h 621 E Locust
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
  Belvidere, Illinois, City Directory, 1959, p 147
  Terry Geo (Ida)  mgr Kame-Kays Inc r Garden City New York
  Terry Grover L [sic] (Mary)  asst formn Nat'l Grey Iron Fdry  h 621 E Locust
  
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  Grover Cleveland Terry, Jr
  Birth Feb 2, 1926 Chatsworth, Murray County, Georgia
  Death Jul 7, 2015 Cumberland County, Tennessee
  
  Grover C. Terry, 89, of Crossville, passed away July 7, 2015.
  
  He was born Feb. 2, 1926, in Chatsworth, GA, the son of Grover C. and Addie S. Pendley Terry. He was retired from the automotive industry as a welder and was also a U.S. Navy veteran. Mr. Terry was a member of Main St. Church of Christ.
  
  He is survived by his wife, Nell Terry of Crossville; son, Lee Evan Terry of Boston, MA; daughters, Roxanne Terry and her husband, Larry Lipsitz, Beth Terry, all of Baltimore, MD, Jane Phillips and her husband, Ricky, of Chatsworth, GA, and Martha Codrick and her husband, Bucky, of Interlochen, FL; sister, Hazel Raubacher of Northville Township, MI; grandchildren, Courtney Lipsitz Lizmi, Lyndie Crabtree, Amanda Farrell, Jamie Davenport, Sandra Terry and Jordana Lipsitz; and four great-grandchildren.
  
  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers, R.L. Terry, Julian Terry, Billy Terry and H.B. Terry.
  
  Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 11, at 11 a.m. from the chapel of Hood Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday, two hours prior to the service, at Hood Funeral Home. Bro. Larry McDuffie will officiate. Graveside committal will be held following the service at 4:30 p.m. EST at Hassler Cemetery in Chatsworth, GA. The family has asked in lieu of flowers that donations be made to the Alzheimer's Association.
  
  Hood Funeral Home and Crematory, LLC (www.hoodfuneralhome.com) was in charge of the arrangements.
  
  Parents:
  Grover Cleveland Terry (1885 - 1962)
  Addie S Pendley Terry (1890 - 1978)
  
  Siblings:
  Robert L Terry (1909 - 1984)
  Julian Terry (1911 - 2000)
  Huse Bogus Terry (1916 - 1942)
  Billy P Terry (1921 - 1999)
  Billy P Terry (1921 - 2002)
  
  Burial Hasslers Cemetery, Murray County, Georgia
  
  Created by GNixon Jul 27, 2015
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #149848481, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149848481
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Sources

• 1. 1940 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 4 April, McDonald District, District 105-12, page 3A, Hse #31, Owns $2000
• 2. 1930 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 15 April, McDonald (Militia District 1013), District 11, page 5A, Hse #70, Fam #75
• 3. Roxanne Terry, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 24 August 2012
• 4. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 5. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • Belvidere, Illinois, City Directory, 1954, 1956
• 6. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • Belvidere, Illinois, City Directory, 1951, p 297