Grady Trainor Jr. (1929 - 2019)

Born 24 Jan 1929 in Isola, Humphreys County, Mississippi, United States

Husband of Anetta Jane (Faulkner) Trainor — married 24 Dec 1955 in Robertson, Tennessee, United States

Died 8 Oct 2019 at age 90 in Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee, United States

Biography

Grady married Onetta Faulkner on 24 December 1955, in Robertson, Tennessee.^[1]

Public records show that Grady livied in Oak Grove, Kentucky, and then settled in Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee.^[2]

Grady died at age 90 on 8 October 2019, in Clarksville, Tennessee. He is buried in the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery West, in Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky.^[3]

His obituary was printed in The Leaf-Chronicle; Clarksville, Tennessee on 12 Oct 2019, Sat • Page A2.^[4]

CLARKSVILLE – Grady Trainor, age 90, of Clarksville, TN, passed away on Tuesday, October 8, 2019, at Tennessee State Veteran’s Home in Clarksville of natural causes. Funeral Services will be at 10:00 AM on Monday, October 14, 2019, at Maddux-Fuqua-Hinton Funeral Home with Bro. Kenny Rosser officiating and burial to follow with full military honors in Kentucky Veteran’s Cemetery West. Visitation will be from 2:00 PM until 5:00 PM on Sunday, October 13, 2019, at Maddux-Fuqua-Hinton Funeral Home. Maddux-Fuqua-Hinton Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Mr. Trainor was born on January 24, 1929, in Isola, MS, to the late Grady Trainor and Letha Bearden Trainor Donald. Grady was a former member of Bethel Methodist Church in Oak Grove. He also was a member of Ft. Campbell Federal Credit Union, TN Farm Bureau, the American Legion, and the KY & TN Chapter Association of United States Army. He was the owner and operator of Trainor Rentals for over 40 years and had previously been a realtor at Byers and Harvey. He served for 31 years and retired as a Command Sergeant Major from the United States Military. During those 31 years, two years were in the Navy during WWII, he did five tours in Korea, two tours in Vietnam, during which time he was awarded the Silver Star and Bronze Star. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his wife, Annetta Jane Faulkner Trainor in 2009, and one brother.

Survivors include his son, Bradley Jay Trainor and his wife Gergana Trainor of Baltimore, MD; his daughter, LaNita Trainor Miller and her husband Robert B. Miller, III of Leola, PA; three brothers; four sisters; three grandchildren, Rachael Anne Miller Fry, Robert B. Miller IV, Krassi Trainor; three great grandchildren, Robert B. Miller V, Gilbert Christopher Fry, David Hudson Miller. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made in his honor to the Kentucky Veteran’s Cemetery West in Hopkinsville for a memorial brick online or mailed to 5817 Fort Campbell Blvd. Hopkinsville, KY 42240.

Sources

1. ↑ "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNXJ-792 : 4 December 2014), Grady Trainer and Onetta Faulkner, 24 Dec 1955; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 376, Robertson, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
2. ↑ "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJV4-G9CC : 15 June 2020), Grady Trainor, 2005-2009.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203763065/grady-trainor : accessed 9 September 2021), memorial page for Grady Trainor (24 Jan 1929–8 Oct 2019), Find A Grave: Memorial #203763065, citing Kentucky Veterans Cemetery West, Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Joe Craver -- KY Legionnaire (contributor 48586211).
4. ↑ newspapers.com The Leaf-Chronicle; Clarksville, Tennessee on 12 Oct 2019, Sat • Page A2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85032062/obituary-for-grady-trainor-1929-2019/