Mendel Lee Grant

Mendel Lee Grant, 71, of Lowell, died Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Chapel of Davidson Funeral Home by Dr. Joe Coltrane. Interment will follow the service at Forest Hill Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at McLean Funeral Directors of Gastonia and from 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday at Davidson Funeral Home. He was born May 10, 1940, in Whitmire, S.C., to Robert Frank and Lottie Mars Grant. Mendel’s family moved to Cramerton when he was a boy and he graduated from Cramerton High School where he played football. He was an electrician in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War, serving on the USS Shangri-La. After his service, he went to business school and worked for various oil companies. He was a loving husband and devoted father who will be missed. Survivors of Mr. Grant include his beloved wife of 41 years, Kaye Ward Grant, of Lowell; daughter Tracy Grant and partner Michael Chalmers of Charlotte; son Michael Grant and wife Lisa of Kings Mountain; brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Jenny Grant of Gastonia; sister Hazel Ramsaur of Lowell; nieces and nephews; also “Daddy” to nieces Lori and Ashley and Papa to Sunni; and Papa’s furry friends, Riley, Zoey, and Maggie Lee, Memorials may be made to the Animal League of Gaston County, 972 E. Franklin Blvd., Gastonia, NC 28054, www.algc.org. Condolence messages may be sent online at www.McLeanFuneral.com or davidsonfuneralhome.net