Val Grammer

GRAMMER, VAL DARWIN, age 58, born November 28, 1954, passed away June 30, 2013. Preceded in death by grandparents, Delmas M. Grammer, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Grammer; Grady Nix and Mildred Nix; father, Delmas Melvin Grammer, Jr.; brother, Jeffrey Todd Grammer, Sr. Survived by Glenda Allen Grammer, wife of twenty years, mother, Mildred Ann Nix Grammer; step son, Ben Rains; nephew, Jeffrey Todd (Emily) Grammer, Jr., Steven Blake Grammer, great nephew, Todd Reeves Grammer; great niece, Vicki Jo Grammer; uncles, Paul Dennis Grammer , Rip (Ira) Nix; aunt, Frances Dean Baker; cousins, Melanie Sue Grammer, Roger K. Grammer, Mike Baker, Wade Baker; sister-in-law, Gayle Allen (Ron) Davis, Sandra Allen (Skip) Mason; nephews, Justin Mason, Brant Mason, Will Davis; niece, Lendy Mason. He was a graduate of Madison High School and attended Austin Peay State University. Under the tutelage of his grandfather Nix at G. L. Nix & Son Garage, he became an expert mechanic and spent most of his life under the hood of anything that had an engine, marine in particular. He was a tour bus driver for some of the biggest names in the music industry and invented and patented the Fulkrum Hitch. Visitation with the family at Madison Funeral Home, Tuesday, 2 to 8 p.m. and Wednesday 12 to 1 p.m. Service to follow at 1:30. Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery. Active pallbearers, David Belt, Bill Seals, Larry Odom, Joey Willis, Rob Miles, Dale Henry, Mike Ellis, Randy Midgett and Gus Laux. Honorary pallbearers, Jeff Grammer, Ben Rains, Steven Grammer. Lasting memorials may be made to National Kidney Foundation, American Diabetes Association, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. Online tributes. madisonfuneralhome.net MADISON FUNERAL HOME 615-868-9020