The Iberia Sentinel, August 1932 The people of Iberia and vicinity were saddened last Thursday when word reached here to the effect that A.F. Grady had passed away at St. Anthony Hospital in St. Louis, where he submitted to a serious operation, Aug 2 of having a large carbuncle removed from the back of his neck. He had been a sufferer of diabetes for the past year or so, an ailment which had impaired his health causing the carbuncle to form and spread to such an alarming extent that an operation became necessary. However, his weakened condition failed to respond to this treatment of the last resort. The body accompanied by his wife and his two sons, Calvin and Walter, who had been with him during his final illness, was brought back to Iberia Friday afternoon by C.L. Casey, local funeral director and interred in the town cemetery Sunday afternoon. Impressive funeral services, conducted by one of his closest friends, Rev. Chas. M. Sooter, assisted by Rev. I.M. Cook of Waynesville, were held in the Baptist Church here Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the presence of several hundred more people than could crowd into the house. Members of the Iberia Masonic Lodge, of which he was affiliated, had charge of the burial ceremony. Mr. Grady was one of our best and most jovial citizens and no doubt had as many friends as anyone living in Iberia. He was of a cheerful disposition and possessed a heart full of sympathy and consideration for his less unfortunate friends and neighbors. He was one of our most influential businessmen, being the senior member of the Grady & Porter general mercantile company. OBITUARY Mr. A.F. Grady of Iberia, Mo. was born in Miller County, Missouri, July 23, 1866; died August 11, 1932, at St. Anthony Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, after a short illness, being at the time of his death 66 years, two weeks and five days old. He was married to Sarah I. Thompson, March 15, 1895, and to this union were born two children, Calvin W. Grady and Walter F. Grady, both of Iberia, Mo. He leaves to mourn his passing, his wife, Sarah I. Grady, two sons (Calvin and Walter); two grandchildren, Robert and Virginia Grady; two sisters, Mrs. H.F. Carroll of Iberia, Mo., and Mrs. Rebecca Davis of Axtle, Kans.; two half sisters, Mrs. Nan Hicks of Iberia, Mo. and Mrs. Frankie Humphrey of Hancock, MO.; one half brother, Thomas Grady of Iberia, Mo. Another one of his half sisters, Mrs. Susan B. Tyler of Hancock, Mo., departed this life less than a month ago, July 22. He was a good father, a good husband and a good citizen. He was a member of the Iberia Masonic Lodge, having been faithful to this trust for over 24 years. He was also a member of the Eastern Star Order.