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Homer Fluker “Uncle Dick” Grigsby

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Homer Fluker “Uncle Dick” Grigsby

Birth
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
26 Nov 1965 (aged 95–96)
Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA
Burial
Holbrook, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
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His parents were Luke Manning Grigsby (1839-1919) and Frances Bowring (1846–). His father's memorial is attached but his mother's has not been found, She died sometimes between the birth of Homer's younger brother, James, (who was born in 1874) and the 1880 Census where Luke is listed as a widower.

On 1 Apr, 1920; Homer married Mary Taylor, a divorcee with a son. Some time after the boy was an adult, they split as they were both listed as widowers in the 1940 Census. Homer had no known children.

(The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ) Saturday, 27 Nov 1965 - Pg 60, Col 6)
Funeral services for Homer F. Grigsby, 96, who came to Arizona in 1899 and worked as a cowboy, will be held here at 10 a.m. Monday.
Mr. Grigsby, known as "Uncle Dick," died Friday in Las Vegas, Nev. He was born Jan. 1, 1869, in a covered wagon near Shreveport, La., as his family traveled to Texas to make their home.
He worked as a cowboy for the late A. E. Henning from 1904 to 1925. He worked with horses and cattle in Navajo and Apache counties with the late Dan Divelbess and Julius Wetzler.
Mr. Grigsby helped to plan and build the Rainbow Forest Lodge in the Petrified Forest National Monument, and he and the late J. C. Paulsell operated the lodge until Mr. Grigsby's retirement in 1944.
In 1954, Mr. Grigsby moved to Phoenix, where he made his home for eight years, then moved to Las Vegas.
He is survived by three brothers, Jim and Hulan Grigsby of Long Beach, Calif., and Layton, of Dallas, Tex.; and three sisters, Mrs. Rama de Scollard, Mrs. Verdiline Ride and Mrs. Algerita Edmonton, all of Dallas.
His parents were Luke Manning Grigsby (1839-1919) and Frances Bowring (1846–). His father's memorial is attached but his mother's has not been found, She died sometimes between the birth of Homer's younger brother, James, (who was born in 1874) and the 1880 Census where Luke is listed as a widower.

On 1 Apr, 1920; Homer married Mary Taylor, a divorcee with a son. Some time after the boy was an adult, they split as they were both listed as widowers in the 1940 Census. Homer had no known children.

(The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ) Saturday, 27 Nov 1965 - Pg 60, Col 6)
Funeral services for Homer F. Grigsby, 96, who came to Arizona in 1899 and worked as a cowboy, will be held here at 10 a.m. Monday.
Mr. Grigsby, known as "Uncle Dick," died Friday in Las Vegas, Nev. He was born Jan. 1, 1869, in a covered wagon near Shreveport, La., as his family traveled to Texas to make their home.
He worked as a cowboy for the late A. E. Henning from 1904 to 1925. He worked with horses and cattle in Navajo and Apache counties with the late Dan Divelbess and Julius Wetzler.
Mr. Grigsby helped to plan and build the Rainbow Forest Lodge in the Petrified Forest National Monument, and he and the late J. C. Paulsell operated the lodge until Mr. Grigsby's retirement in 1944.
In 1954, Mr. Grigsby moved to Phoenix, where he made his home for eight years, then moved to Las Vegas.
He is survived by three brothers, Jim and Hulan Grigsby of Long Beach, Calif., and Layton, of Dallas, Tex.; and three sisters, Mrs. Rama de Scollard, Mrs. Verdiline Ride and Mrs. Algerita Edmonton, all of Dallas.

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