Mrs. Kathlyn Grisham Heffington, age 96, of Lawrenceburg, TN passed away Sunday, January 08, 2017. She was a native of Lawrenceburg, TN, and a member of Pulaski Street Church of Christ.
She was preceded in death by her husband Charles Alexander Heffington, who died on February 15, 2005. She graduated as Salutatorian of her high school class, where she was a star basketball player, dramatic stage actress and acrobatic performer. She received her B.A. degree, Magnum Cum Laude from Athens College, her M.A. degree Cum Laude, from Middle Tennessee State University and was one of the first women to study Aerospace Science when she did doctoral work at the UT Space Institute.
She was a former educator. She also served on the board of Middle Tennessee Mortgage Company & Key Life Insurance Company and founded with her husband Tan Oak Farms where they raised Champion Charolais cattle and Tennessee Walking horses. Mrs. Heffington was a member of the D.A.R and Colonial Dames of America.
She is survived by four children, Alex Heffington, M.D. (Judy), Lawrenceburg, TN; Jack G. Heffington, attorney of Shelbyville, TN; Rebecca Vanneck, Belle Meade, TN, and Kathlyn Fitzpatrick, Lewisburg, TN; seven grandchildren, four great-grandchildren. She is also survived by a sister, Margaret Thistle, Decatur, AL; brothers, Dr. A. J. Grisham, Warner Robins, GA, and Dr. Bill Grisham, Lawrenceburg, TN
Arrangements are being handled by Neal Funeral Home, 231 N. Military Avenue, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at Neal Funeral Home. Funeral services will be conducted at Neal Funeral Home at 3:00 PM Wednesday, January 11, 2017. Interment will follow at the Heffington Burial plot at Mimosa Cemetery in Lawrenceburg, TN.
