Chuck Grant

SIKESTON — Elmer Eugene "Chuck" Grant III, age 80, of Sikeston passed away at his home on the morning of Aug. 15, 2022.

He was born on July 19, 1942, in Sikeston, to the late Elmer Eugene Grant Jr. and Freda Lambert Grant.

Chuck graduated from Sikeston High School in 1960 and attended the Louisiana State University School of Banking.

He married Patsy Joan Crites on Aug. 16, 1963, and for 59 years they never left each other's side. A banker by trade, he held positions throughout his life at Grant Oil Company, Security National Bank and First Federal Savings and Loan. He managed the local branch of A.G. Edwards and Sons and founded Grant Financial Management with his son, Bart Grant. A pillar of the community, he served on the Sikeston City Council, the Board of Trustees of Bootheel Counseling Services and the Board of Trustees of Tanner Street Church of God. His favorite pastime was going up to the Crites family farm, where he tended to his cattle and enjoyed the Bollinger County nature.Chuck will be remembered as a man who was intensely devoted to his faith, his family and his friends. He will be missed dearly by the Grant extended family and the community of Sikeston at-large. 

He is survived by his wife, Patsy Joan Grant of Sikeston; two sons, Elmer Eugene "Chip" Grant IV of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, (with his husband John Patrick Fogarty Moore of San Francisco, California) and Bart Allen Grant of Sikeston; two grandchildren, Cooper Allen Grant of Columbia, Missouri, and Olivia Claire Grant of Oxford, Mississippi. 

Visitation will be held on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022, from 9 a.m. until time of funeral service at noon at Tanner Street Church of God in Sikeston with Georg Karl, pastor of Tanner Street Church of God, officiating.

A private burial will be held at a later date.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.nunneleefuneralchapel.com.