Carol Ann Grinstead Silsby Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Mrs. Carol Ann Grinstead Silsby, age 67, passed away on October 8, 2016. A Funeral Service will be held on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at 11 AM in the Gordon Church of Christ. Interment will follow in Hardie’s Chapel Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Williams White Columns Funeral Home on Monday from 6-8 PM. Mrs. Silsby was a native of Macon and had lived in Gordon. She had worked as a teacher, Principal of Elementary, and retired as Assistant Superintendent for Wilkinson County Schools. She was the daughter of the late Francis K. and Cleo Hawthorne Grinstead and was preceded in death by her brother, Jake Grinstead and sister, Barbara Grinstead. She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma Society, an affiliate life member of the United States Army Ranger Association, and a member of the Gordon Church of Christ. Survivors include her husband, Arthur “ Art” Silsby of Gordon; son, Andrew Silsby of Eastman; daughter, Jordan L. (Reuben) Oliva of California; stepdaughter, Stephanie Silsby (Ted) Ashurst of TN; grandchildren, Reece, Lawson, and Olivia Ashurst and Madison, Connor, and Caroline Oliva; brother, Chip (Martha) Grinstead of Gordon; nieces, Kelli Lewis of TN; Amanda Cumby of Warner Robins; and a number of cousins and other relatives. Flowers accepted and for those who wish memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association or a Scholarship in her memory c/o her family.

Carol Ann Grinstead Silsby

February 21, 1949 - October 8, 2016