Howard Wayne Grokett passed from this life on April 10, 2010, at his home near Floyd. Funeral services will be Tuesday, April 13, 2010 Coker-Mathews Funeral Home chapel, with Rev. Danny Moore officiating. Burial will follow at
Howard was born on September 11, 1937 to Floyd and Lula Alldredge Grokett in
He was a devoted husband and father who loved farming and ranching. He was a truck driver for Safeway until his retirement in 1987. He then began working for Bland I.S.D. in the maintenance and transportation department and worked there until 1999.
Howard also loved the outdoors and hunting and was very proud of the cabin that he and his family built on their land in
He was an active member of
Howard was a fun loving man. He loved to spend time with family and friends whenever he had the opportunity. He especially enjoyed spending time with his five grandsons and two great-grandchildren.
Survivors are his wife Nita of Caddo Mills; daughters, Marilyn Hammack of Greenville and Carol Gunnels and husband Shell of Wagner; brothers, Jim Grokett of Sherman and Raymond Grokett; sisters, Ruth Toney of Josephine, Joyce Furr of Cedar Hill and Carolyn Pedigo of Pauls Valley, Oklahoma; grandsons, Matt Hammack, Mitch Hammack and wife Stacie, Micah Hammack and wife Chelsea, all of Greenville, Colby Gunnels and wife Brittany of Gladstone, NM, and Casey Gunnels and wife Megan of Greenville; great-grandchildren, Kaitlin Hammack of Greenville and Carter Gunnels of Gladstone, NM; numerous nieces, nephews and a host of many friends. He is preceded in death by his parents, infant daughter, Judy Lynn Grokett and a brother, Jake Grokett.
Pallbearers will be Matt Hammack, Mitch Hammack, Micah Hammack, Colby Gunnels, Casey Gunnels and Shell Gunnels.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society,