Age 97, Lawton - Funeral services will be at 10:00am Monday in the Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Mr. Grigsby died Thursday in a Lawton care center. Burial will be in Floral Haven Cemetery, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Local arrangements are under the direction of Becker Funeral Home. He was born January 10, 1912 in Gotebo, Oklahoma to William Edward and Alice Almedie (Mathis) Grigsby. Mr. Grigsby was an aviator for 64 years. He began flying when he was 16 years old, and funded this venture by working at a dairy farm. After obtaining his commercial pilot license, he "barn stormed" all over the country, charging $10 per ride. His overall logged flying time was over 25,000 hours of flight time. Mr. Grigsby was employed by a contractor for the FAA and educated pilots for World War II, Korea and Vietnam. He also trained Royal Air Force Pilots from England. His other professions included barber, police officer, driver's license examiner, pilot's license examiner and cropdusting. In his retirement years he enjoyed performing as a "One Man Band", telling jokes and playing a winning game of checkers. Survivors include his daughter Georgia Hollingsworth of Lawton, sister Eva Courtner of Topeka, KS, brother Harold Grigsby of Tulsa, OK, five grandchildren, Pat Hollingsworth of Lawton, Mike Hollingsworth of Lawton, Terry Minton of Arizona, Chris Seaman of Tulsa, OK, and Rob Seaman and wife Rachel of California. He is also survived by three great grandchildren, Kaylee Hollingsworth of Lawton, Mark Goodman of Arizona and Marlena Hollingsworth of Lawton. He was preceded in death by his wife, daughter Linda K. Seaman and six siblings. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Southwest Oklahoma, PO Box 2074 Lawton, OK 73502.